Why is hotness so hot?

[sophie]

Evolution isn't about maximizing good traits. Evolution is also not conscious. Moreover for much of human history marriage and reproduction have had more to do with culturally dependent factors such as property, ethnicity and sociopolitical status than looks, or even personality, honestly.

 

[abradley]

Evolution isn't about maximizing good traits. Evolution is also not conscious. Moreover for much of human history marriage and reproduction have had more to do with culturally dependent factors such as property, ethnicity and sociopolitical status than looks, or even personality, honestly.

Maybe, remember we've been around for maybe 200.000 years, how many of those years have we info on social interaction?

 

[rah]

I find that physical attractiveness matters to me less and less as time goes by. Gaining my interest is one thing, keeping it is another.

I'll say the same but for a difference reason. The realization that my own physical attractiveness is considerably on the down side so it seems quite hypocritical to judge on standards of when I was young. Don't get me wrong, I still can appreciate it but a partner with more similarities in background and experiences is considerably more desirable.

 

[sophie]

Maybe, remember we've been around for maybe 200.000 years, how many of those years have we info on social interaction?

A lot more than you evidently think we do.

 

[Kozmos]

Link to video.

I'm reading a book that this video is based on. It's hard to know with definitive certainty what traits our ancestors found most desirable, other than health and good sociability. Some ideas being thrown around that light autism and psychopathy were useful/advantageous enough that we have them today.

 

[abradley]

A lot more than you evidently think we do.

How much do I think we do?