CronoDAS comments on Love and Rationality: Less Wrongers on OKCupid - LessWrong

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Comment author: CronoDAS 13 October 2010 11:35:56PM *  1 point [-]

(Similarly, if more women met men's physical criteria, looks would become less important in how men select women, and men wouldn't have to exclude women as mates so often based on superficial qualities.)

I suspect that people will still find something to trigger their Flaw-O-Matic.

A little bit off-topic here: The "unattainability" of the female beauty ideal seems to be a feature, not a bug, because it lets men make finer distinctions. If everyone were a perfect 10, how would we know who to reject? ;) (And you do have to reject someone.)