Symmetry Is Really Sexy

(via Telegraph) The article was interesting, it was actually on 'beauty spots' + the link by the experts of the 'turn on' effects of symmetrical face/body, whatever your culture.

In the Proceedings of the Royal Society, Biological Sciences, research by Dr Anthony Little of the University of Stirling, working with colleagues Coren Apicella at Harvard University and Frank Marlowe Florida State University, shows that symmetry transcends racial and national boundaries: a lopsided face is less attractive to both Hadza (one of the last hunter gatherer cultures) and Britons, so that the age-old idea that beauty is in the eye of the beholder is a romantic myth + the mounting evidence that our appreciation of beauty has a deep-seated biological explanation: the attraction of a face gives a profound insight into whether our intended will efficiently pass our genes on to future generations + symmetry has been shown to be important in mate-choice in many animals.

In my view, the experts should have worked with diamonds and colored stones, to evaluate the beauty of well-proportioned, symmetrical, polished, both standard and fancy cuts, to understand the visual effect (s) + the impact (s) on human. In fact they are sexy too. They are like human. They evoke passion, and you may go crazy when you see a beautiful stone screaming at you.

Useful link:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml;jsessionid=MOVHSQGV5HNRRQFIQMGCFFWAVCBQUIV0?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/earth/2007/10/10/scisym110.xml