The eyes are not windows to the soul. They are organs for converting light into electro-magnetic impulses.
Like komponisto, I loved this, but I can't help feeling that if you're going to engage in that sort of thing you ought to get it right. Light is already electromagnetic impulses, or at least electromagnetic waves; the eyes convert it into electrochemical impulses in the nerves and brain.
You know, I thought the same thing. :-)
Amanda Knox: What's in a face?
Some choice quotes:
There are several good insights throughout the article, many of which will probably seem familiar to readers of Less Wrong. The few that stood out to me: