FrancesH comments on The Halo Effect - Less Wrong

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Comment author: FrancesH 04 December 2010 05:19:45PM 0 points [-]

Ive noticed something interesting thats sort of this but backwards. This is how it goes: when I first meet someone, I might find them aesthetically displeasing. But as I get to know them, if they become my friend or just someone I find nice and intelligent, I find them prettier than I did to begin with. Possibly it`s just that as I now know more about them, their beauty or lack thereof becomes less important in my judgement about them.

Comment author: rhollerith_dot_com 04 December 2010 07:11:54PM *  0 points [-]

You used three backquotes in writing your comment that should be forward quotes. (Forward quote is to the right of the semicolon on almost every keyboard.) Probably good for you to know for the future.

Comment author: Desrtopa 04 December 2010 07:31:17PM 0 points [-]

This probably has more to do with the exposure effect than a change of priorities.

Comment author: FrancesH 04 December 2010 09:01:47PM 0 points [-]

Quite possibly; I am not certain. I have a question--not a challenge, just a question: I have noticed that it is much harder to call up the faces of people I am intimately familiar with than people I barely know. I thought that maybe it was because I knew more about the latter than the former, and that it was related to the above issue. If it is exposure effect, than maybe not. Any ideas?

Also, I may have accidentally reported your comment. If so, my huge, overwhelming, absolute apologies. (I thought I was hitting the reply button.) Consider it a newbie mistake and feel free to castigate me all you want. I will stand and accept your metaphorical rotten fruit.

Comment author: Alicorn 04 December 2010 09:04:20PM 1 point [-]

Apparently mods can make reports evaporate. I have so evaporated; worry not.

Comment author: FrancesH 04 December 2010 09:34:32PM 0 points [-]

Thank you. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Words cannot express the depths of my gratitude, and I am not being sarcastic.

Comment author: Alicorn 04 December 2010 09:38:42PM 0 points [-]

You are quite welcome.