From: Alex <[address removed]>
Subject: Re: [physics-57] Upcoming Lecture
To: [address removed]
Date: Saturday, August 15, 2009, 1:27 PM

Researchers have found the beauty is man made.   Criterion for best face selection in beauty contests have changed based upon economic conditions.

http://www.questia.com/googleScholar.qst;jsessionid=KHSCbTXyh9vG2BkVpPGLcFfFpLNqNhTPGgnJT9nJqcwGZRRMXLtl!-1934322800!-185450698?docId=81009463 .
http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/03/13/recession_attraction/

Theory of survival and competitiveness may be true for people living in deep difficult conditions, but may not hold grounds for people living in more friendly environments.

I think, we have been heavily influenced by false positive theories.  Making it worse, we are just trying to prove that we were never wrong.

Food for thought:  What is the one word for it?

On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 6:46 PM, Christina Zankowski-DuPont <[address removed]> wrote:

I think we are hardwired to seek beauty; it might be a bio-chemical
response to one's own survival and the survival of ones DNA.  In
biological terms, beautiful = healthy and therefore fit for ones
attention.  Perhaps we feel safest when things are simple; as ugly
might also constitute messy and therefore not easy to assimilate.

I would enjoy receiving more of these emails, am I missing out on a
general discussion or was this the first of its kind. Can I get any of
the other resposes sent to me?

Z.

On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 8:37 PM, Alex<[address removed]> wrote:
> I have this email for sometime in my mailbox.
>
> My question was focused on the issues of beauty.  "Why don't we
> discuss science and ugliness?" The speakers said a few examples of
> ugliness in society includes all time pressure for competitions.  My
> argument was that it came from the beautiful science based on Darwin's
> theory.
>
> Although I asked the question after a permission of the speaker, the
> moderator stopped me and apologized to the speaker.
>
> I think the concept of beauty is a racist idea where every things
> should be perfect and in harmony.
>
> Critics are welcome.
>
>
>
>

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