It's become clear to me that all future research in this topic must use real (disembodied?) heads for ratings
Why do you think that actual face width is a good variable to measure/infer sexuality when there's no credible theory postulating a link?
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It's a terrible measure. But the paper cites jaw contour & nose morph as what their ML used; this shows those are highly malleable.
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Sure, that's fine. But some people above are asking for 3d scans of people's heads.
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Sorry, just to clarify......my point was that if you want to measure stuff from faces, 3D scans are the best way to do it.
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People make strong claims about links between aspects of face shape and things like hormones.
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To test these ideas well you need to measure face shape well.
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Hormones affecting face shape might be a nice little correlation to look into. Nowt to do with sexuality.
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Absolutely. I don't think any of the discussion above was people wanting to improve face measurement to look at sexuality.
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The context is that given the study though TBF. But thanks for clarifying.
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It's worrying that you all want to improve this research instead of decry it as fundamentally misconstrued.
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See this thread for discussion of that aspect:https://twitter.com/lisadebruine/status/907685469160394754 …
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I'm not sure that does cover what I'm saying. Regardless, thanks for taking the time to explain your thoughts on that — appreciated.
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For example, I worry that nobody was bothered when people showed smile intensity *didn't* predict longetivity of baseball players...
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...but a positive finding could have had widespread bad effects if insurance companies adopted that sort of analysis.
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I would have been bothered but sure, yeah, not as much since LGBT people continue to be murdered for their status. But yes, I'd have said it
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is shitty science. I get called out on Twitter when I say big five is shitty.

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