gwern comments on P/S/A - Sam Harris offering money for a little good philosophy - Less Wrong

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Comment author: gwern 02 September 2013 10:55:34PM 2 points [-]

Also, beautiful people are described as hot, even though they don't have a high temperature.

How about the response they can provoke in viewers? An increase in blood flow may well be hot, given the temperature of one's core vs one's skin.

Comment author: DanArmak 03 September 2013 08:07:38AM 0 points [-]

That's what the OED thinks. Today we've got people who are hot and cool at the same time, though...