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DaFranker comments on Science, Engineering, and Uncoolness; Here and Now, Then and There - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: DaFranker 14 December 2012 04:29:57PM *  2 points [-]

Seriously, what's wrong with huffing and puffing and being meek and loyal?

The scientific literature I've read says that about half our species evolved to find those traits extremely unattractive for mate-searching, and low mating priority should spill over into other judgments of the person as per the affect heuristic.