A Natural History of Beauty — new (?!) Melting Asphalt post on the ecology and game theory of beauty https://meltingasphalt.com/a-natural-history-of-beauty/ …pic.twitter.com/KkQkCYgNCG
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desserts: desserts are generally expensive by weight, it just happens that the end of the meal offers the best tradeoff of positive valence vs cost (plus it satisfies novelty-seeking after a hearty main course)
evil beauty: closely intertwined with correlated desire: human status players are invested in beauty status games and don't want the rug of aesthetics pulled under them; if some outgrouper arrogates a place of high beauty status, of course you're going to be offended
are you suggesting that my appetite for novelty is explained as an encouragement for you to explore/mutate?
yes and vice versa: if you're into novelty, you're an early adopter of potentially beneficial mutations; it's neither a necessary nor a sufficient explanation though
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