khafra comments on Be Happier - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 18 April 2012 10:40:59PM 0 points [-]

You need some actual poll here, but yes, the pride image seems obviously more attractive. It is possible that the other confounders played a role, but I at least think that I find pride attractive generally.

Comment author: khafra 20 April 2012 04:31:56PM 0 points [-]

Pride it is. What we need now is an experimental design to discern whether LWers prefer pride because we're contrarian; because wannabe-rationalists are less threatened by strong, confident women; because we're unusually attracted to prominent breasts; or some other reason.

Comment author: CuSithBell 20 April 2012 05:15:29PM 3 points [-]

What we need now is an experimental design to discern whether [...] we're unusually attracted to prominent breasts

Purely out of scientific curiosity, I'm sure.

Comment author: RobinZ 20 April 2012 05:26:50PM 0 points [-]

I was thinking that giving volunteer instructions on the poses they are to make and letting them take their own pictures with a foot-pedal to operate the shutter might work. Does anyone see a problem with that solution?