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* A Chinese study claimed to be able to tell whether someone is a criminal based on machine learning, but the technique turned out to detect smiling instead.<ref>https://twitter.com/davidjayharris/status/1103636069180993537</ref> | * A Chinese study claimed to be able to tell whether someone is a criminal based on machine learning, but the technique turned out to detect smiling instead.<ref>https://twitter.com/davidjayharris/status/1103636069180993537</ref> | ||
* Certain behavioral conditions may result in particular facial expressions. E.g. very intense people might bite their lips, crunch their teeth etc. Autists are often described to have an empty, monotonous facial expression. Some mental conditions result in a tilted mouth. Socially excluded individuals may develop ticks as nobody is there to correct their behavior or as a stress-induced tics. People are, in fact, able to infer other's mental conditions above chance level based on photos.<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0092656618300394</ref> Autist are often recognized as less approachable and attractive within seconds.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Autists_are_judged_as_awkward.2C_less_physically_attractive_and_less_approachable_within_seconds</ref> | * Certain behavioral conditions may result in particular facial expressions. E.g. very intense people might bite their lips, crunch their teeth etc. Autists are often described to have an empty, monotonous facial expression. Some mental conditions result in a tilted mouth. Socially excluded individuals may develop ticks as nobody is there to correct their behavior or as a stress-induced tics. People are, in fact, able to infer other's mental conditions above chance level based on photos.<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0092656618300394</ref> Autist are often recognized as less approachable and attractive within seconds.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Autists_are_judged_as_awkward.2C_less_physically_attractive_and_less_approachable_within_seconds</ref> | ||
==Life History== | |||
There is some evidence that a number of physical traits are related to a person's [[life history]] strategy (whether someone is adapted to a life-fast die young ecology, or is geared towards greater long term resource acquisition and investment in offspring). This means that these traits may also be somewhat reflective of their personality. | |||
For instance, tattooing is associated with impulsiveness and promiscuity. Heywood et al. (2012) found that tattooing was associated with drug use, promiscuity, and lower SES, despite changes in the societal acceptance of tattooing. Other studies have replicated this finding,<ref>https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1743-6109.2012.02791.x</ref><ref>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/7266169_College_students_tattoos_and_sexual_activity</ref> and also found that body modifications such as piercings are also associated with greater levels of promiscuity, particularly in women.<ref>https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-006-9087-6</ref> | |||
In terms of (largely) unalterable traits, there is some (very tentative) evidence that women with larger breasts are generally more promiscuous, impulsive, and extroverted.<ref>Fishbein, M. Progress in Social Psychology: Volume 1</ref> | |||
These traits are likely reflective of a fast life history strategy, focused on monopolizing as many mating opportunities as possible (for men), and maximally sexually advertising oneself to desirable mates (for women). | |||
Other bodily traits have been found to be possibly linked to a slower life history. For instance the study previously mentioned suggests that women with smaller breasts may generally be more introverted, chaste and generally exhibit more self-control than larger breasted women. Wiggins et al (1969) found that men who preferred smaller breasts were also generally more restrained, introverted, and less sexually successful.<ref>https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1207/s15327906mbr0401_7</ref> It has been argued that this could be because smaller breasted women may exhibit a slower life history strategy (being less focused on producing attractive ornaments) and men pursuing a similar strategy could be drawn to this through a process of [[assortative mating]] (preference for similar traits to oneself in a sexual partner). | |||
== Villainous Physiognomy == | == Villainous Physiognomy == | ||