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Are you kidding me? Being attractive is like playing life on easymode! It's a bonus to every interaction you have in life, have you never had to interview for a

Are you kidding me? Being attractive is like playing life on easymode! It's a bonus to every interaction you have in life, have you never had to interview for a job?

PH95VuimJjqBqy 3y ago
It gives you an advantage, so does being tall, having a deep voice, being confident, etc. The entire point is that if you're successful without these advantages you're probably better than someone perceived to be as good but with the advantages. We've all worked for and with unattractive people.
- thot_experiment 3y ago
  > being tall, having a deep voice, being confident these are subcategories of being attractive, or entangled dimensions at the very least > if you're successful without these advantages you're probably better marginally better at the specific task at hand, which in most professions can be counterbalanced by being attractive for example take two engineers, they have equal interpersonal skills but one is more skilled and less attractive than the other. The less skilled engineer may still have higher throughput as a result being better able to manage up, despite having the same interpersonal skills, simply because of their attractiveness bonus. I think you're really underestimating the effect size, I think it's large enough to be significant in most work.
  - PH95VuimJjqBqy 3y ago
    > these are subcategories of being attractive, or entangled dimensions at the very least absolutely not true, they're often about being dominant or authoritative. phone work is a perfect example where people trust you more if you have a deeper voice because you're seen as more authoritative. Men with hair are considered more attractive, balding men are considered more authoritative because most men in positions of authority are older and balding. Here, let me reply to your made-up situation with my own made-up situation. What if one engineer was good looking and gay and slept his way to the top and another engineer was ugly but good. who will continue rising faster? The gay slut, duh. therefore everyone should endeavor to be a gay slut despite _THIS CONVERSATION_ being about engineering skill.

Are you kidding me? Being attractive is like playing life on easymode! It's a bonus to every interaction you have in life, have you never had to interview for a job?

PH95VuimJjqBqy 3y ago

It gives you an advantage, so does being tall, having a deep voice, being confident, etc. The entire point is that if you're successful without these advantages you're probably better than someone perceived to be as good but with the advantages. We've all worked for and with unattractive people.

thot_experiment 3y ago
> being tall, having a deep voice, being confident these are subcategories of being attractive, or entangled dimensions at the very least > if you're successful without these advantages you're probably better marginally better at the specific task at hand, which in most professions can be counterbalanced by being attractive for example take two engineers, they have equal interpersonal skills but one is more skilled and less attractive than the other. The less skilled engineer may still have higher throughput as a result being better able to manage up, despite having the same interpersonal skills, simply because of their attractiveness bonus. I think you're really underestimating the effect size, I think it's large enough to be significant in most work.
- PH95VuimJjqBqy 3y ago
  > these are subcategories of being attractive, or entangled dimensions at the very least absolutely not true, they're often about being dominant or authoritative. phone work is a perfect example where people trust you more if you have a deeper voice because you're seen as more authoritative. Men with hair are considered more attractive, balding men are considered more authoritative because most men in positions of authority are older and balding. Here, let me reply to your made-up situation with my own made-up situation. What if one engineer was good looking and gay and slept his way to the top and another engineer was ugly but good. who will continue rising faster? The gay slut, duh. therefore everyone should endeavor to be a gay slut despite _THIS CONVERSATION_ being about engineering skill.