Jan. 13, 2025 - Freedomain Radio - Stefan Molyneux
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| Pretty people might be perceived to be healthier. | |
| Having symmetrical facial features might make you seem healthier to other people. | |
| That's pretty obvious. | |
| The study found no connection between facial symmetry and actual physical health. | |
| It was just that people were perceived as healthier. | |
| Even though facial symmetry is sometimes associated with quote good genes, science has yet to find any proof that being attractive makes you less likely to have health problems. | |
| And I don't think that's true. | |
| I mean, sorry, I don't mean to call... | |
| I assume all the science is a lie until proven otherwise these days, especially around intelligence. | |
| All science is a lie, for me, until proven otherwise. | |
| Because the replication crisis, which is that there are all of these, particularly in psychology. | |
| Psychology is a bullshit artistry masquerading as a Ponzi scheme, masquerading as pretend academia and pretend science. | |
| The replication crisis in psychology is hugely high. | |
| Stuff that's considered to be canon or law within psychology just can't be reproduced. | |
| So if this is sort of thing, if good genes are associated with intelligence, sorry, if being good-looking is associated with intelligence and intelligence, for instance, is associated with lower BMI, so the more intelligent you are in general, the less obese you are. | |
| And so this is one of the problems. | |
| If you look around and you see, well, people are getting fatter. | |
| Well, part of that, excuse me, part of that is because people are getting dumber. | |
| The deferral of gratification and knowledge of nutrition that is needed to maintain a healthy weight in the face of endless waves of temptation requires a higher IQ. It doesn't require, if people accepted, misunderstood it, and tailored the message to people who, through no fault of their own, are less smart, should be treated with compassion and kindness and all of that kind of good stuff, but... | |
| Sorry, it'd be 82 now, 83. Sorry, I was just doing the math in my head. | |
| Okay, so if facial symmetry is associated with higher intelligence and higher intelligence is lowered, it is related to lower BMI, and lower BMI is related to better health outcomes, then that's just dominoes, right? | |
| Then more facial symmetry leads to better health outcomes, right? | |
| You sort of follow the logic. | |
| More health, higher facial symmetry being good-looking, higher IQ, higher IQ, lower BMI, lower BMI, better health outcomes, then it would be related. | |
| I just assume that that's my thing. | |
| Scientists have found evidence that babies can tell the difference between a pretty face and an unattractive one. | |
| In one study, 60 babies were exposed to color images of 16 adult women and 16 adult men. | |
| Each of the images had been previously rated for attractiveness by adults. | |
| The researchers found that babies looked longer at the attractive adult faces than the unattractive faces. | |
| This is actually true with ethnic preferences as well. | |
| Interestingly, when shown pictures of other infants, People who don't wear makeup might be perceived as more trustworthy and genuine than those who use cosmetics, according to one recent study. | |
| When researchers examined the reactions of female participants to other females wearing makeup, they found that the The observers were more likely to make negative assumptions about people who had enhanced their appearance with cosmetics. | |
| This is true. | |
| I don't, in general, date women who wear much makeup. | |
| I saw this as a pretty funny meme about a woman. | |
| Of course, it's a bit of a cliche, but the woman was saying on her date, I need to see your bank account to know if it's worth me investing in this relationship. | |
| And the man said, sure, no problem. | |
| And then he showed her his bank account, and then he put a scale down beside her and said, now I need to stand off. | |
| I need you to stand on the scale so I can get an accurate reading of your weight, and then I need you to use this makeup remover and take off your makeup so I get a sense of whether I want to invest in this day. | |
| And she's like, oh no, absolutely not. | |
| Being attractive might make you more likely to speak up when you feel wronged, according to one study. | |
| When researchers were intentionally impolite to female participants, those participants rated highly physically attractive were more likely to correct the researcher than those participants rated as unattractive. | |
| The more beautiful participants also exhibited higher levels of assertiveness. | |
| Then they're less attractive counterparts. | |
| Well, sure. | |
| Because if you're good-looking, people will get your back. | |
| If you're good-looking, I mean, you've seen the simp army, right? | |
| Somebody says something negative about a woman online or criticizes an attractive woman online, the simp army comes out to watch her back. | |
| So, particularly female participants, they know they have a simp army to get their back, to cheer them on, to attack anyone. | |
| So, yeah, they're more likely to have got a backup, right? | |
| It's very easy to be brave when you have an army behind you, right? | |
| Let's see here. | |
| According to a study from Chapman University, attractiveness was a characteristic that both men and women reported finding highly desirable and even essential in a long-term partner. | |
| 92% of male study participants reported wanting their potential partner to be good-looking, while 84% of female participants felt the same. | |
| So, it's a big deal. | |
| It's a big deal. | |
| Now, there are, of course, some downsides. | |
| Did you know that attractive female students get marked down when it's a remote, not-in-person class, right? | |
| So, if you're an attractive female student, you get marked up if you're in person. | |
| If you're not in person, you get marked down, right? | |
| So, from getting higher marks in school for handing in the same quality work to receiving more help when needed, From having an easier time job hunting to getting higher salaries, pretty people have an advantage. | |
| Good-looking people are also less likely to be judged as guilty in legal and courtroom settings, not to mention the obvious advantages they possess in the relationships and dating departments. | |
| Even in childhood, kids who are cuter are often treated more favorably. | |
| Numerous research studies, articles, and anecdotal pieces of evidence are available that give a very comprehensive coverage of this beauty, premium phenomenon, and its underlying For women in particular, though, it can be a problem in that you will experience a lot of sabotage from intersexual competitors, from other females. | |
| So, envy-rated hostility, that's an important aspect of pretty privilege. | |
| While it is true that better-looking people are often more liked by the opposite sex, the reverse is also true for others of the same sex. | |
| For instance, good-looking students are more likely to be socially excluded or bullied by those Of the same sex, then they're less attractive counterparts, presumably as a result of envy, right? | |
| So if you've got an average-looking woman, she doesn't want to be standing next to a beautiful woman because then she will look bad, right? |
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