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Such feedback loops can explain the ''immense sexual attraction'' to superficial traits that humans exhibit, which have barely any relevance for survival except "social survival". | Such feedback loops can explain the ''immense sexual attraction'' to superficial traits that humans exhibit, which have barely any relevance for survival except "social survival". | ||
The two opposing views the ''Good Geners'' vs ''Fisherians'' lead to significant academic rivalry since the 1990s, but the good genes hypotheses has largely been refuted since.<ref>https://www.the-scientist.com/features/a-fluctuating-reality-46903<br />https://www.amazon.com/Evolution-Beauty-Darwins-Forgotten-Theory/dp/0385537212<br />https://psyarxiv.com/2avu3/<br />http://doi.org/10.1177/1474704918800063<br />https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1071721/<br />http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/4/1/160603< | The two opposing views the ''Good Geners'' vs ''Fisherians'' lead to significant academic rivalry since the 1990s, but the good genes hypotheses has largely been refuted since.<ref>https://www.the-scientist.com/features/a-fluctuating-reality-46903<br />https://www.amazon.com/Evolution-Beauty-Darwins-Forgotten-Theory/dp/0385537212<br />https://psyarxiv.com/2avu3/<br />http://doi.org/10.1177/1474704918800063<br />https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1071721/<br />http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/4/1/160603</ref><ref>https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2014.06.004<br />http://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2018.06.003<br />http://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2013.08.029<br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_of_human_intelligence#Sexual_selection<br />https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4415372/<br />https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4757567/</ref> | ||
The relation between beauty to health and ability is only relevant for extreme cases like disfigurement, certain syndromes and skin rashes and the like. | The relation between beauty to health and ability is only relevant for extreme cases like disfigurement, certain syndromes and skin rashes and the like. | ||
Sexually dimorphic beauty and health are only weakly related when disregarding these extremes,<ref>Scientific_Blackpill#Attractive_people_are_perceived_much_more_positively_than_they_really_are</ref> but slight fitness advantages could have also initiated feedback loops in sexual selection in this case. | Sexually dimorphic beauty and health are only weakly related when disregarding these extremes,<ref>Scientific_Blackpill#Attractive_people_are_perceived_much_more_positively_than_they_really_are</ref> but slight fitness advantages could have also initiated feedback loops in sexual selection in this case. | ||