pnrjulius comments on The Halo Effect - Less Wrong

23 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 30 November 2007 12:58AM

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Comment author: Bob3 30 November 2007 04:43:20PM 0 points [-]

I am sympathetic to the counter-comments but need to point out that most of us (those who are not perfect 10s) *want* to believe that there is something else underlying the evidence that looks matter. Who wants to accept that their talents are dominated by appearance?

Comment author: pnrjulius 21 April 2012 02:39:21PM 0 points [-]

On the other hand, if you've done reasonably well for yourself, it probably means you are good-looking, which I guess is a good thing?