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Facial recognition can predict person’s political orientation with 72% accuracy

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I find this fascinating, with no intention to start a political battle, how might somebody’s biology influence their political leanings?

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-genes-of-left...

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235215462...

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/pops.12230

Re: Facial recognition can predict person’s political orientation with 72% accuracy

#4

I find this fascinating, with no intention to start a political battle, how might somebody’s biology influence their political leanings?

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-genes-of-left... https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235215462... https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/pops.12230

Thank you!

Re: Facial recognition can predict person’s political orientation with 72% accuracy

#5

I find this fascinating, with no intention to start a political battle, how might somebody’s biology influence their political leanings?

Skin color. Features resulting from inbreeding. Features due to your gender. Features resulting from gender change.

Re: Facial recognition can predict person’s political orientation with 72% accuracy

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I find this fascinating, with no intention to start a political battle, how might somebody’s biology influence their political leanings?

It’s pretty well established that age, gender, and skin color are correlated with one’s voting habits. Here are some stats: https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/10/26/what-the-20...

Re: Facial recognition can predict person’s political orientation with 72% accuracy

#9

What's a useful application of this, other than more advertising?

Dating app that constrains to like minded potential partners, instead of relying on political signaling in profiles.

More echo chamber...
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