SquirrelInHell comments on Cognitive Biases Affecting Self-Perception of Beauty - Less Wrong

0 Post author: Bound_up 29 May 2016 06:32PM

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Comment author: SquirrelInHell 31 May 2016 02:00:43AM 0 points [-]

Another experiment: arrange for a group of people to live in an environment with no mirrors or other ways to see themselves, for a long time. Compare with people exposed to mirrors. Ask detailed questions about estimates of attractiveness, weak points, feelings of dissatisfaction, self-doubt, inferiority etc.

But this is also hard to arrange.

Comment author: Viliam 31 May 2016 09:57:17AM -1 points [-]

There are probably people living somewhere in jungle without mirrors.

Comment author: gjm 31 May 2016 12:08:40PM -1 points [-]

There might possibly be other differences between their lifestyle and ours besides the lack of mirrors.