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→People broadly agree on who is good looking or not, and it affects every aspect of life
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According to this data, the positive or negative impacts of one's attractiveness can be universally appreciated and resonate through an entire lifetime. | According to this data, the positive or negative impacts of one's attractiveness can be universally appreciated and resonate through an entire lifetime. | ||
Details for the nerds: The inter-rater agreement in terms of [https://www.reddit.com/r/BlackPillScience/comments/8csgjw/looks_ratings_101_nearly_all_studies_show_a/ Cronbach's α] is typically around α = .9, which is considered a high level of agreement. People agree strongly about the extremes (very attractive and unattractive), but they have diverse tastes about the mid range. For a person with average attractiveness, their ratings generally vary with about 2-3 standard deviations on a 10-point scale which is quite a lot (Wood, 2009). Hence the [[bluepill]] regarding diversity in preferences holds true for people of average attractiveness but not for ugly people, or very attractive people. | Details for the nerds: The inter-rater agreement between raters of physical attractiveness in terms of [https://www.reddit.com/r/BlackPillScience/comments/8csgjw/looks_ratings_101_nearly_all_studies_show_a/ Cronbach's α] is typically around α = .9, which is considered a high level of agreement. People agree strongly about the extremes (very attractive and unattractive), but they have diverse tastes about the mid range. For a person with average attractiveness, their ratings generally vary with about 2-3 standard deviations on a 10-point scale which is quite a lot (Wood, 2009). Hence the [[bluepill]] regarding diversity in preferences holds true for people of average attractiveness but not for ugly people, or very attractive people. | ||
<span style="font-size:125%">'''Data:'''</span> | <span style="font-size:125%">'''Data:'''</span> | ||