Enoonan, Rob
Wasn't there an article in some fancy American magazine or something with
Denzel Washington as most beautiful and the reason for that was BECAUSE of
the symmetry of his face?
Greetings Davor
>From: enoonan <enoonan@kent.edu>
>Reply-To: moq_discuss@moq.org
>To: moq_discuss@moq.org
>Subject: RE: MD Is beauty in the eye of the beholder?
>Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 13:55:27 -0500
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>Yes I read the research where they were able to show in computer morphing
>studies that what was most attractive was the more average the face became-
>ex
>a nose not too little and not too big. Also sometimes one flaw(break the
>symmetry) such as a birthmark accentuates the averageness to be more
>attractive.
>It is kind of funny that the most beautiful is the most average.
>
>
>
>
>Hey all,
> > This is a little proof I did when trying to convince a few of my friends
> >that quality exists independently of subjects. It was targeted at 22 year
> >olds so as part of my proof I used the website hotornot.com. Also they
>are
> >all engineers so there's some stats jargon in there as well. The website
> >basically shows you photos at random and you rate them for hotness. The
> >thing I found most interesting was that the administer said in the faq
>that
> >the score doesn't change after 30-50 votes. I found it rather odd and
> >thought "this must be a mistake" until I took quality as reality into
> >consideration, then it made sense.
> >
> >Anyway, here's my semi-scientific proof that beauty isn't just in the eye
>of
> >the beholder:
> >
> >An analysis through two worldviews with regard to the generally
>considered
> >subjective realm of hotness. And comparison to the Hot or Not data.
> >
> >We'll examine two possibilities in this analysis. Hotness is purely
> >subjective, or hotness is independent of subject, but is measured by
> >subjects.
> >
> >Hypothesis 1) Hotness is purely subjective.
> > Expected distribution: none. Essentially random. There is no predictable
> >patterns in pure subjectivity. Each person has an entirely different
>view
> >of what is hot. Since the scale is from one to ten, the statistical mean
> >will be 5.5, a meaningless number though because every photo will have a
> >statistical mean of 5.5. Random distribution may cause variances, but the
> >more the votes, the closer the score will be to 5.5
> >
> >Hypothesis 2) Hotness is independent of subject, but is measured by
> >subjects.
> > Expected distribution: Normal distribution with a statistical mean close
>to
> >the true value. Random variances will occur associated with the
>inaccuracy
> >of the measuring equipment (subjects, the integer rating system), but as
>the
> >number of votes increases, the closer the measured value will be to the
>true
> >value. In this case, subjectivity determines the VARIANCE, not the MEAN.
> >
> > Now which seems more like the real data from the Hot or Not website?
> >Obviously the first hypothesis doesn't agree with the empirical data,
> >everybody definitely isn't a 5.5. And, as the site owner said, the value
> >rarely changes after 30-50 votes, this would indicate that although there
>is
> >a variance as is associated with any Normal distribution, there is a true
> >mean. 30-50 votes being required for 1 decimal point accuracy indicates a
> >large variance, but because the votes are only integer values and there
>is
> >no universal hotness scale that is generally agreed upon, that would be
> >expected.
> >
> > Rob
> >
> >
> >
> >
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