the pioneering research of Randy Thornhill, UNM Regents' professor of
biology, and Steven Gangestad, professor of psychology, has shown that beauty
may not be entirely skin deep. There are a number of biological constants that
transcend culture, ethnicity, and advertising campaigns. One of these is
bilateral symmetry, which is how well your left side matches your right.
http://www.beautyworlds.com/mirrormirror.htm
More evidence indicating the ability to recognize beauty derives from
neuro-biology and behavioral genetics (as do morality and love). IOW, our
genes decide how we perceive beauty, who we love, and whether we think it
right or wrong.
Stay hungry,
--J. R.
Useless hypotheses:
consciousness, phlogiston, philosophy, vitalism, mind, free will, qualia,
analog computing, cultural relativism
"In a world without fences and walls,
who needs Gates and Windows?"
--Charles Kendall
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