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Yeah I agree, it doesn't seem immediately obvious to me that those things aren't correlated. In fact, if nothing else and based on no other factor, the existen

Yeah I agree, it doesn't seem immediately obvious to me that those things aren't correlated. In fact, if nothing else and based on no other factor, the existence of this bias is itself telling us that attractive women are probably more likely to have more experience, since they likely will have received additional opportunities which would be self-reinforcing and result in exactly such a correlation. And all that totally ignores the fact that we're assuming the genes behind attractiveness (which can include indications of health, athleticism, and developmental symmetry) have zero effect on mental factors. That assumption would really require supporting evidence IMO.

JohnFen 3y ago
> it doesn't seem immediately obvious to me that those things aren't correlated. Wait, what? My assertion is that physical attractiveness is not correlated with competence, trustworthiness, and being a good person. You see evidence that there is such a correlation? My entire experience with people gives no hint of any such thing. The beautiful people I've known have not been more likely to have any of those qualities than the ugly people I've known. I'd be very interested in any evidence of such a correlation. It would completely rock my world. > the existence of this bias is itself telling us that attractive women are probably more likely to have more experience This is a completely different thing, though. > That assumption would really require supporting evidence IMO. That's completely backward. If you're asserting a correlation, it's on you to provide supporting evidence for it. You are making a positive claim. All I'm saying is that I see no evidence in support of that claim.