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Comment author: cupholder 26 June 2010 01:15:10AM 1 point [-]

It might also be possible in future to mimic the effect of options 1 and 2 by altering one's own perception of who is beautiful and who isn't. (For example, instead of handicapping beautiful people, I could get my brain reprogrammed to see as ugly the people others see as beautiful.) This is like #3 in that it's about altering someone other than the beautiful/non-beautiful people themselves, but different in that one changes what one sees as beautiful instead of how much one cares about beauty.

Comment author: wedrifid 26 June 2010 06:51:43AM 1 point [-]

For example, instead of handicapping beautiful people, I could get my brain reprogrammed to see as ugly the people others see as beautiful.

Some would suggest this gives you all sorts of practical benefits.