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it's actually a pretty good idea. who wouldn't want to be born with excellent immune system, strong and tall, smart and attractive?

• anonyfox 11y ago
  You need the ugly to actually realize beauty. If everyone is beautiful, the word "beautiful" wouldn't make any sense. You could argue that this would be a solution to many discrimination issues today if everyone is beautiful, strong, tall, ... . Mhh. Interesting thought.
  • VLM 11y ago
    HN is mostly young people who only associate with young people; if you can get past whatever vestigial respect for elders remains as a cultural value, most people will agree that old people are a pretty good source of ugly. Especially pre-modern medicine, ravages of outdoor labor and warfare... We arguably do live in a world where all 20 year old women are beautiful, and the 90 year old women are somewhat less so.
  • restalis 11y ago
    As you realized, beauty is relative (to ugliness). I can't quite grasp how you missed this relative aspect by going further with your assumption of "everyone is beautiful". People will always find distinctions and there always will be a scale of beauty (or whatever else).