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== Evolution of beauty == | == Evolution of beauty == | ||
Animal's preference for objective beauty as geometrical simplicity is likely just a fluke of evolution and only exists because simple shapes are easy to process, resulting from the (actually useful) preference for order and predictability.<ref>https://www.apa.org/monitor/oct06/pretty</ref> | Animal's preference for objective beauty as geometrical simplicity is likely just a fluke of evolution and only exists because simple shapes are easy to process, resulting from the (actually useful) preference for order and predictability.<ref>https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1207/s15327957pspr0804_3</ref><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Processing_fluency_theory_of_aesthetic_pleasure</ref><ref>https://www.apa.org/monitor/oct06/pretty</ref> | ||
Due to this preference, members of a species tended to choose objectively/mathematically beautiful mates and hence species evolved to be beautiful (''aesthetic sexual selection'') and beauty became an important factor of attraction. | Due to this preference, members of a species tended to choose objectively/mathematically beautiful mates and hence species evolved to be beautiful (''aesthetic sexual selection'') and beauty became an important factor of attraction. | ||
Some deep sea fish may be particularly ugly due to being blind. | Some deep sea fish may be particularly ugly due to being blind. | ||