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Not really. Attractiveness of face is all about symmetry and proportion. For example: If you have a huge nose or a massive protruding mole you'll never be attra

Not really. Attractiveness of face is all about symmetry and proportion. For example: If you have a huge nose or a massive protruding mole you'll never be attractive no matter your body composition. I'm sure an algorithm could be (already is) composed to verify attractiveness of face.

the_mitsuhiko 11y ago
Since when is symmetry relevant? I thought it has been sufficiently shown that symmetry plays no role for beauty. Pretty sure fitness has a bigger impact on beauty than features you cannot change without surgery.
- iansane 11y ago
  I remember in biology we learned that symmetry is an indicator of good genetics, so it makes sense that we are biased to symmetry since higher fitness/survivability.
- dragandj 11y ago
  Not only symmetry, but also the proportions. People are evolutionary wired to use symmetry and proportions of faces and bodies to estimate health and survival/reproduction "value". This is not the only factor, of course, but a huge one.
nailer 11y ago
> If you have a huge nose you'll never be attractive Many male models have huge or badly broken noses (see Stone Island campaigns for the latter). They're still considered handsome. I guy who lived on my street has an extraordinary long face, and he's a now D&G model. Exercising and having good skin puts you in front of 90% of men. I'd agree algorithm might say smaller noses are, on the whole, more handsome, but you can still be considered handsome having a huge nose.
knackernews 11y ago
> If you have a huge nose or a massive protruding mole you'll never be attractive no matter your body composition BULLSHIT. I was very self conscious of my big nose but Asian women love it! The first time I heard 'I like your nose! it's so nice' I couldn't believe it. I had to turn off notifications for Tinder because it's so active after 11:00PM.
T-A 11y ago
I am reminded of this recently posted article: http://nautil.us/issue/33/attraction/am-i-ugly http://nautil.us/issue/33/attraction/am-i-ugly

the_mitsuhiko 11y ago

Since when is symmetry relevant? I thought it has been sufficiently shown that symmetry plays no role for beauty. Pretty sure fitness has a bigger impact on beauty than features you cannot change without surgery.

iansane 11y ago
I remember in biology we learned that symmetry is an indicator of good genetics, so it makes sense that we are biased to symmetry since higher fitness/survivability.
dragandj 11y ago
Not only symmetry, but also the proportions. People are evolutionary wired to use symmetry and proportions of faces and bodies to estimate health and survival/reproduction "value". This is not the only factor, of course, but a huge one.

nailer 11y ago

> If you have a huge nose you'll never be attractive Many male models have huge or badly broken noses (see Stone Island campaigns for the latter). They're still considered handsome. I guy who lived on my street has an extraordinary long face, and he's a now D&G model. Exercising and having good skin puts you in front of 90% of men. I'd agree algorithm might say smaller noses are, on the whole, more handsome, but you can still be considered handsome having a huge nose.

knackernews 11y ago

> If you have a huge nose or a massive protruding mole you'll never be attractive no matter your body composition BULLSHIT. I was very self conscious of my big nose but Asian women love it! The first time I heard 'I like your nose! it's so nice' I couldn't believe it. I had to turn off notifications for Tinder because it's so active after 11:00PM.

T-A 11y ago

I am reminded of this recently posted article: http://nautil.us/issue/33/attraction/am-i-ugly http://nautil.us/issue/33/attraction/am-i-ugly