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60% gaydar accuracy after viewing a face for 50ms! That's really amazing. If the findings are backed up by additional studies, this could be a blow to argument
by Jun8 14y ago
60% gaydar accuracy after viewing a face for 50ms! That's really amazing. If the findings are backed up by additional studies, this could be a blow to argument that gayness is a choice and is not (much) affected by physiological factors.
It would be interesting to see is there's any difference recognizing gay men and women by straight men and women.
- manmal 14y agoI don't know.. there is a saying in German that "you earn your face" - and it's obvious that hormonal balance, face muscle tone and predominant facial expressions influence our face's appearance in the long term. 60% accuracy does not sound SO obvious to me, I bet it's easier to distinguish between religious extremists (ascetics) and non-extremists.
- Someone 14y agoYou can get at that 60% if you can reliably identify the 'easiest' 10% at either side of the distribution and guess the rest. Also, the sample images were "of individuals [...] who self-identified as straight or gay". It would not surprise me if that overselected for those edge cases. Or am I showing my ignorance and is it common to express one's sexual preference on one's public image on Facebook?