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'''Aesthetics''' is the study of beauty. | '''Aesthetics''' is the study of beauty. | ||
== Understanding == | == Understanding == | ||
A thorough understanding of human aesthetics will have these beneficial effects: | A thorough understanding of human aesthetics will have these beneficial effects: | ||
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**Answer: The [[halo effect]] causes [[women]] to interpret the behavior from obnoxious brutes to be "sincere kindness" and to interpret the same behavior from "nice guys" to be "manipulative". For example, when a good-looking, popular [[jock]] is being [[romantic]] with a [[female]] (holding her hand; buying her drinks), he would be viewed as "nice" (as in genuinely caring about her). After all, he could get any females he wishes. He doesn't need to be romantic to get a female. The woman would conclude that his "[[romance]]" is the result of his genuine kindness. But when an ugly nerd is being romantic with a female, he would be viewed as "manipulative" (he's just faking an act to impress her; he's being romantic to compensate for his ugliness; he's worried about losing her; not because he genuinely cares about her). | **Answer: The [[halo effect]] causes [[women]] to interpret the behavior from obnoxious brutes to be "sincere kindness" and to interpret the same behavior from "nice guys" to be "manipulative". For example, when a good-looking, popular [[jock]] is being [[romantic]] with a [[female]] (holding her hand; buying her drinks), he would be viewed as "nice" (as in genuinely caring about her). After all, he could get any females he wishes. He doesn't need to be romantic to get a female. The woman would conclude that his "[[romance]]" is the result of his genuine kindness. But when an ugly nerd is being romantic with a female, he would be viewed as "manipulative" (he's just faking an act to impress her; he's being romantic to compensate for his ugliness; he's worried about losing her; not because he genuinely cares about her). | ||
2) better understanding of why evolution made us pick up some traits as attractive | 2) better understanding of why evolution made us pick up some traits as attractive | ||
==Applications of aesthetics== | ==Applications of aesthetics== | ||
*[[Plastic surgery]] | *[[Plastic surgery]] | ||
*[[Beauty]] | |||
*[[Photo retouching]] | *[[Photo retouching]] | ||
*[[Automated photo retouching]] | *[[Automated photo retouching]] | ||