gwern comments on Shortness is now a treatable condition - Less Wrong

9 Post author: taw 20 October 2009 01:13AM

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Comment author: gwern 21 October 2009 02:51:01PM 3 points [-]

What actual effect they were measuring, exactly, is a mystery to me at the moment.

Perhaps either falsification in beauty rankings ('that black chick isn't too hot, but for a black chick she's pretty good, so I will give her a high rating even though I'd likely ignore her'), or the exact opposite ("she's hot, but I'd rather an equally hot white chick"); oh the irony...

Comment author: cousin_it 21 October 2009 02:52:45PM *  1 point [-]

that black chick isn't too hot, but for a black chick she's pretty good

...Wow, that's another great catch. I really should've thought of that one myself. Kudos.

OkCupid, are you here? Are you listening? =)

Comment author: taw 21 October 2009 04:25:30PM 0 points [-]

People don't just look at pictures when they decide if they're attracted to someone, and correction was only for picture attractiveness.