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Re: World Works Differently for the Most Beautiful

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Post by lupire » Mon, Aug 16, 2021, 7:04 PM UTC

jvanderbot wrote: post #9

pmdulaney wrote: post #8

I imagine that to be a stunningly beautiful young woman is similar to the experience of being a Hollywood celebrity. And not manifest sour grapes, but to slowly lose that beauty over time must be difficult.

They "lose beauty" in the eyes of the static, 20 year old beholder. But to peers / in their age cohort, they will always be more beautiful than average. That can continue to help. There's an age-centered / age-pass filter in most people's eyes anyway. Just about everyone older than, say, 40 is invisible (not a person) to an avg 20 year old. (Source: Was once 20, am now 40)

After high school, no one cares much about age cohort. There's no 40-50yr-old bracket at my job or in a political campaign or at a car dealership.

Re: World Works Differently for the Most Beautiful

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Post by lupire » Mon, Aug 16, 2021, 7:05 PM UTC

Tarsul wrote: post #5

the interesting follow up question would be: Are beautiful people more moral? There certainly can be a reinforcement effect: If the world is nice to you, you are nice to the world. However, if you notice that the world is nice to you for no good reason (like your looks), you might abuse this, e.g. you take things for granted (e.g. people doing stuff for you) that you should not. However, I'd bet most studies that wou…

You're conflating niceness with morality.

Re: World Works Differently for the Most Beautiful

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Post by jvanderbot » Tue, Aug 17, 2021, 12:18 AM UTC

lupire wrote: post #11

jvanderbot wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They "lose beauty" in the eyes of the static, 20 year old beholder. But to peers / in their age cohort, they will always be more beautiful than average. That can continue to help. There's an age-centered / age-pass filter in most people's eyes anyway. Just about everyone older than, say, 40 is invisible (not a person) to an avg 20 year old. (Source: Was once 20, am now 40)

After high school, no one cares much about age cohort. There's no 40-50yr-old bracket at my job or in a political campaign or at a car dealership.

This just isn't true. Nobody cares, but everyone is probably closest to people their age.

Most my friends at work are about my age (or at least how old I look). This is obvious because of our career stage, which advances steadily with age.

99% of my personal friends and professional network are my age +/- 5 years, thanks to research / conference experience and career cohort effects.

When I look ahead to those jobs I hope to have, most of them are 45-55 and have peers in that age range as well.