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What i don't get-why did something like this remains hidden from the general public for 20 years ? Why didn't the study authors worked on popularizing this ?
by minthd 12y ago
What i don't get-why did something like this remains hidden from the general public for 20 years ? Why didn't the study authors worked on popularizing this ?
- agilebyte 12y agoThey were busy with love rather than work?
- codingdave 12y agoIt was a published study. In academia, that is the goal, and the goal was met. Do you really mean to ask why didn't the study authors monetize this? If so, you are looking at academia through startup-tinted lenses.
- Chronic30 12y agoEveryone is okay earning more money.
- minthd 12y agoIt's not about monetizing this. But people who know about this, don't they think it could really help lots of people ? and if so aren't they, especially in the fields of psychology, motivated by such things ? Because popularizing this might be the most valuable thing they could do in their professional lives.
- Retra 12y agoUnless it is fundamentally wrong. In which case, it could be a major mistake. So you let it exist for a while and see if there is any counter-research or alternative explanations that have been overlooked.
- curun1r 12y agoThe part about staring into someone's eyes is pretty well known. I remember hearing about it in the context of something that cults do to try to build a false sense of intimacy. IIRC, there's something about staring into someone's eyes, particularly at a distance of a foot or less, that we subconsciously associate with those closest to us which causes us to suspend our defense mechanisms.