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[Removed demographic questions, original study already addresses it.] I wonder whether it's able to determine heritage and make a statistical guess based on th
by SamBam 2y ago
[Removed demographic questions, original study already addresses it.]
I wonder whether it's able to determine heritage and make a statistical guess based on that. For instance, if you're a white American with English or Scotch-Irish ancestry, then you're more likely to be in a Southern state and thus vote Republican [1]. If you have Italian, Irish or French ancestry then you're going to be more likely to be in the Northeast and vote Democrat.
What would be most surprising would be if you could show it photos of, say, first cousins who have different political affiliations, and have it guess right. That might suggest some kind of hormonal effect.
The article also suggests other ways it could cork, including self-fulfilling hypotheses (people with a more "conservative-looking" face might get treated like they're a conservative, and therefore become more conservative) as well as how other factors like wealth might affect both face and politics.
1. https://vividmaps.com/ethnicity-of-white-americans/ https://vividmaps.com/ethnicity-of-white-americans/
- shkkmo 2y agoSince they controlled for both ethnicity and age, all you have to do is read the study to answer your questions.