Swapping pictures leading to predicting higher intelligence is the point Jeff makes. A symmetrical face is a piece of evidence that positively correlates with higher intelligence just as a description of someone’s accomplishments is evidence of intelligence. The description is much better evidence, but the attractiveness remains somewhat important.
The description is much better evidence, but the attractiveness remains somewhat important.
I would like to disagree on this one, if all of the major accomplishments of the candidate is written on that description then the attractiveness doesn’t really matter as an evidence for intelligence, it’s already been taken into account in that description.
Not if you’re basing your judgment of intelligence on a description that’s held constant with just the pictures swapped.
Swapping pictures leading to predicting higher intelligence is the point Jeff makes. A symmetrical face is a piece of evidence that positively correlates with higher intelligence just as a description of someone’s accomplishments is evidence of intelligence. The description is much better evidence, but the attractiveness remains somewhat important.
I would like to disagree on this one, if all of the major accomplishments of the candidate is written on that description then the attractiveness doesn’t really matter as an evidence for intelligence, it’s already been taken into account in that description.