Lake comments on The Halo Effect - Less Wrong

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

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Comment author: Lake 30 November 2007 10:26:03AM 1 point [-]

Eliezer - wasn't Jeff's comment intended to suggest, not that there isn't a bias, but that the bias may be adaptive? Offhand I can't imagine quite what edge it might supply, but perhaps some story could be told.

Comment author: pnrjulius 21 April 2012 02:38:15PM 0 points [-]

Well, it encourages you to mate with people who are both pretty and intelligent, which seems like it would be good for your genes.