Drareg
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Studies like this remind of those who say symmetry is beauty,beauty is truth.
In saying that nature has some beautiful Fibonacci styled symmetrical flowers and mushrooms that if eaten will cause you die in your own vomit and excrement. Some will change your life.
They paint an interesting picture with Ray Peats work in mind. Haidut posted a great study today on childhood stress and its effects, it seems nature is even more cruel in these cases as bad looks may be warning sign of lower energy organism,not ideal mate.
The studies indicate that the stress you are under and put under in the womb effects symmetry and features in general.
I'm guessing the teenage years are hugely influential here also.
Basically the more attractive you are the less stress hormones pumping through you, all the cliches of beauty have elements of truth in them it seems,these studies are always questionable but it does point a certain way to be fair.
So on top of the poor childhood,socio economic status and associated stress ,it seems nature potentially makes you less symmetrical out of the womb and less symmetrical as you age if said stress keeps up.
Sounds like nature has perfectionist tendencies ,is a touch self involved and ruthless ,serotonin Peat mentioned is like a mask for this world.
So is that a Yea or nay for nature?
Based on Darwin paradigm it would be a fat nay but epigenetics can play a role here, pregnenolone face lifting effects, progesterone feminising effects were shown to make females more attractive, estrogen effects ladies preference for certain types of men, the question begs, is it possible to use these substances to increase symmetry ? some of it can't be undone I'm sure.
http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/366/1571/1638
http://humrep.oxfordjournals.org/content/11/11/2477.full.pdf
In saying that nature has some beautiful Fibonacci styled symmetrical flowers and mushrooms that if eaten will cause you die in your own vomit and excrement. Some will change your life.
They paint an interesting picture with Ray Peats work in mind. Haidut posted a great study today on childhood stress and its effects, it seems nature is even more cruel in these cases as bad looks may be warning sign of lower energy organism,not ideal mate.
The studies indicate that the stress you are under and put under in the womb effects symmetry and features in general.
I'm guessing the teenage years are hugely influential here also.
Basically the more attractive you are the less stress hormones pumping through you, all the cliches of beauty have elements of truth in them it seems,these studies are always questionable but it does point a certain way to be fair.
So on top of the poor childhood,socio economic status and associated stress ,it seems nature potentially makes you less symmetrical out of the womb and less symmetrical as you age if said stress keeps up.
Sounds like nature has perfectionist tendencies ,is a touch self involved and ruthless ,serotonin Peat mentioned is like a mask for this world.
So is that a Yea or nay for nature?
Based on Darwin paradigm it would be a fat nay but epigenetics can play a role here, pregnenolone face lifting effects, progesterone feminising effects were shown to make females more attractive, estrogen effects ladies preference for certain types of men, the question begs, is it possible to use these substances to increase symmetry ? some of it can't be undone I'm sure.
http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/366/1571/1638
http://humrep.oxfordjournals.org/content/11/11/2477.full.pdf
