Its important to add "As a general rule" he failed to highlight this. Beauty is also something you develop and this only deals with first contact beauty.
Symmetry is something like comfort not the thing that excites our senses but rather a point of reference. The more sensitive to beauty you are the more you enjoy asymmetry. Like people who enjoy complex music trained their ears to appreciate more & more dissonant chords. Today's mainstream media produce more comfort than beauty be it in music or in beauty magazine. Since science as got into the matter of beauty it has been industrialized and vulgarized. This is just my observation that I base on both scientific studies and personal philosophy.
This video should be called "How your brain decides what is ATTRACTIVE" When I read the word "Beautiful", art, nature, the night sky, combinations of colors, sensations, sounds, architecture, etc. came to my mind. Kind of disappointed when I watched a video based just on attractiveness.
I don't know why but I find guys with facial asymmetry more attractive and interesting to look at, so they are beautiful for me. It seems that they have more character and mystery.
7:55 this is such an important concept in evolutionary psychology that is constantly overlooked. The distinction between the proximate cause and the ultimate cause. To often people confuse the inherent arbitrary liking of something to some cognitive extrinsic desire for survival.
@@Ak-in5cu Sure. I think that a big problem with how most people think of the evolution, is that they believe that people like what they like because of survival. For example, people often phrase the evolution of sexual desire (especially for animals) in such a way where they say stuff like “they look for the most suitable mate, who is healthy and will produce many offspring.” I believe this is false. I believe that evolution causes animals and people are o have certain preferences, but that within the mind of people and animals, there is no consideration of survival, and that these preferences just exist as basic desires in the mind, which have no deeper reason for why they have them, other than that they simply have them. Here is another example. When a person is hungry, they simply want to eat food, just to stop the pain of hunger, and to feel the pleasure of eating. The reason these desires exist is because of evolution caused them to appear. Obviously food is necessary, so people evolved a strong preference to want to eat food. Despite this, people do not eat food because they desire to survive and prolong their existence. This is obvious when you consider that there are many people who eat enough food to become unhealthy and obese. Despite knowing it is unhealthy, and that it is not helping with survival, many obese people still want to eat food, simply because it feels good to do so, and it is painful not to do so. All of this demonstrates that, psychologically, people do not like what they like, and dislike what they dislike, for survival reasons, despite the fact that these preference exist because they help with evolutionary survival.
Really interesting and well explained. I've heard the notion "symmetry is beauty" regurgitated with conviction so many times, and every time I cringe because it appears to be too simple of a model for beauty. It is certainly a component, but not the only one. A testament to this is my high-school crush on a girls with a crooked smile.
bj0rn A lot of women like guys with prominent brows or a scar or tattoo on one side of their face. Asymmetry is also very beautiful and a sign of more character or creativity in all types of design.
I think that balance is beauty. Symmetry is something that helps create a balance but there can also be a balance of positve and negative qualities that create beauty
As a 11th year student this is very helpful to me. I was told to choose or invent a topic for philosophy and I was very intrigued as to WHY beauty? Why would we have a better chance of survival because of this? What about ... Thank you so much for this. I'll be back to say what grade I got thanks to your presentation. Really. Thanks a lot, this is very inspiring.
Attraction is only a part of recognition of beauty. Why do we water flowers and not weeds?. Nature displays beauty and harsh and in amazing ways. And humans which are the construct of everything mother nature has worked to achieve. Has all the characteristics of beauty and harsh characteristics of beauty that mother nature has.
We would probably see the beautiful people of the future as ugly, depending on how far into the future. In thousands of years we would probably see them as more beautiful, as they would look like the beautiful people of today but there would be a higher quantity of them. In a million years we would probably see them as alien or ape-like, the thought of mating with them may disgust us
Society, culture, inadvertently, tell us what beauty is. Here in the West, it is thin girls, in general, that are the attractive ones. In Africa, the beautiful ones are very fat.
Here in the Western part of the World, if you look at the old photos from the late 1800s early 1900s, it's clear to see our aesthetics have changed already. The social fabric and technology such as TV, social media magazines and anti-aging advances of our society has changed immensely since then. Therefore who we choose to reproduce with has become more about aesthetics rather than who is seen as a good rancher, farmer and provider or who will make a good homemaker with good childbearing hips (whatever that means). In my opinion, I feel in 200 years from now in the Western side of the world, if we are still able to advance, the majority of the population is going to evolve into a even more very petite, athletic, porcelain skinned faced woman and very tall masculine men. At the pace we are going, our great great grandkids will be looking at photos of us, commenting on how ugly and miserable we look.
I like the idea that beauty is influencing our brains, and creating the associated physiological reactions, even when we are not consciously looking for or focusing upon it. Taking that notion and applying it to non-human aspects of beauty, it makes an intriguing case for filling the world with beautiful art, beautiful architectural design, beautiful landscapes, etc. to positively influence people.
Great talk, lots of wisdom in this. I love what he says at the end about how we should treat people based on their behavior and not their looks. Bravo!
I used to find myself very ugly because of the comments i'd heard about my appearance. During the whole period of human history people have been choosing a beauty standard which is hard to achieve. For example chubbiness used to be the beauty standard till the food started to cost less in Russia. Serfs wanted to look like their landlords because landlords simply lived more , had more money and had a power other them. Nowadays you can also achieve the beauty standard by having plastic surgeries, eating healthy food, going to a gym and etc. but these actions costs a lot of money , so i think that beauty human is a lucky one, who is lucky for being alive when his or her appearance is high to achieve or it is a rich one or it is a one who has a power other someone. Right now i don't even think over my beauty because it's not my cup of tea. I want to be smart, i want to give this world something new. Of course i can be wrong because i didn't mention personal aspect. And i don't think someone will actually read this so it's not that important.
Billy Crutchfield Pre-programmed by who? whom? Just remember all this scientific stuff keeps getting corrected all the time. They're constantly saying whoops we were wrong let me tell you what we know now.
Actually it isn't a program. That's not how the brain works. It's actually just neuro-chemical reactions that most humans experience. Namely oxytocin, which is strongly associated with warm interpersonal relationships. It also has the effect of making us more likely to have warmth and compassion for those who are like us. Meaning, in turn, creating an "us/them" mentality, which I believe is one reason why there is so much conflict in the world. But, explains in a biological way such behavior emerged in society.
Anon2150 Oh yeah, that chem. /hormone is powerful. That's the Power of Love ... that's what Huey Lewis and the News said ;) ... and that other song... Addicted to Love by... Robert Palmer. 🎵🎵
"Beauty is a work in progress-" Well said. Sadly the world is still deeply brutal. Also, it is misleading to imply "people don't view beauty correctly" and then quote Darwin and Freud, both of whom rooted their scientific theory from the perspective that human psyche and human nature is flawed and ugly, with no hope of being otherwise. But how can this be? When we not only seek beauty in an ugly brutal world, we try to replicate it. Thoughts?
Loved this talk, I believe when we focus on growing our consciousness awareness as a people we'll start looking at the realness of others and the actual situation at hand instead of relying on subconscious walls/tests built by a personal methods of assumptions and interactions with others. Basically learn more judge less.
I always thought beauty was a combination of symmetry, familiarity, self-confidence and positive association in someones traits. Not to be confused with sexuality.
First of all i was knowing all these informations before i watched the video. I want to know that how can i prevent from these effect on myself. Is there any techniques?
I really appreciate how he apologized to explain something universal with heterosexual norms. He shone a light and acknowledged(?) a whole community, which is so nice to hear. Great speech as well!
MrMentalz2 @ it should not matter how dark ur skin is. If ur acne scars annoy you and u live in Australia u can get free laser if u say to ur Dr it gives u depression and u need to c a dermatologist. That would help with the acne scarring and hypopigmentation too
Thank you for this! I'm a straight male and I've been wondering why my initial reaction to a hot guy is almost like my first reaction to a hot female. I never follow up with sexual arousal with a man, but the first moment is the same.... Now I feel a little more "normal", lol.
but then again, you only made tests on adults. So it is still possible that perception of beauty is learned. Babies for example do not discriminate, unless they see someone severely disfigured. But that's mainly because disfigurement is uncommon. I don't know if this is taboo, but a suggestion I can give is have babies brains scanned while looking at pictures of both perceived average and aesthetically pleasant, by adults. If there is indeed a significant difference in their reaction parallel to what is perceived as beautiful by adults, only then can you truly say that beauty is part of evolution.
maattthhhh It is an innate trait for newborn babies to prefer symmetrical and attractive faces. This is not a learned behaviour, this can be observed mere hours after a baby is born. A quick google search of "do babies prefer attractive faces" will get you links with numerous scientific studies about the subject. Here's one to start: www.newscientist.com/article/dn6355-babies-prefer-to-gaze-upon-beautiful-faces/
Actually, there are several cases of babies/toddlers going being more open and wanting more contact with women seen as beautiful. (for example, babies were a subject discussed with family and friends sometimes and I learnt I and other people I know were in the same case!)
I'm no scientist and I haven't run any tests, but I can also agree that kids are more harsher on beauty then adults are. However, I can also say that while kids may be harsher on looks, they are more emotionally strong and pure-minded, which is why while they may care about looks, to them they wouldn't consider starving themselves to look 'pretty' like some teens would. then again, it depends on the child.
+Maattthhhh Incorrect. A test conducted on 6 and even 3 month old infants showed when looking at sets of two pictures they spent significantly longer looking at the symmetrical faces rather than the uglier less symmetrical faces. An affinity for symmetry is implicit, I can remember building symmetrical structures with my blocks in kindergarten.
So, if i understood correctly, beauty is a survival mechanism. The impulse of nature is towards perfection in beauty, as means of survival. Makes sense
YEah... but the underlying principle is same. The subconscious factors that contribute to what a person regards as beautiful is more or less the same in case of faces and other things such as a place, or piece of art etc...
I don’t think “beautiful” people always get treated better. Sometimes they get treated worse than plain people, like a lot worse. Also your appearance doesn’t have much to do with your overall life or happiness
a lot he said makes sense, until the end when he says what we find beautiful is changing. does he really think hundreds of thousands of years of sexual selection preference is just gonna go away because we don't have parasites?
Symmetry and shades of color in tldr, but it's actually an interesting question of what makes a person feel uncomfortable or don't have to correct it, usually that comes from a feeling that it's not exhibiting chaotic format and increasing our arousal, meaning if it's not structured as we understand to be a beautiful pattern our mind thinks it's ugly, like if you take away the mindful determinate thinking or sexual human arousal feelings, then all there's nothing really to beauty, that's why cheap beauty is not as attractive if you must think about it in a bigger picture.. but I feel the basis of beauty must be derived from a thoughtful existential feeling to be interesting. And sadly it's quite the crazy drug if you process beauty on a artificial level, making one hyperfocus to look one way at the beautiful not the other, in some way that behavior is not beautiful in the aspect of wholesomeness.
I didn't understand his argument for why its not necessary that teens decision for mating is not sub-consciously based on health. The long example given by him in support of his argument, in which he shows Green, Orange and Red color preferences, doesn't make any sense. Because, eventually it does correlate with health somehow. If Green preference is associated with high reproductive success, then it probably does also associate with 'Health' as an unhealthy individual has a poor chance of reproductive success. Any comments?
I remember one famous quote from Jim Carrey in Liar Liar: your teacher taught that beauty always comes from inside but actually only ugly people say it
I really liked the first part of the talk, when he spoke about averaging, simmetry and hormones. But after that, the speech became weaker: it doesn't feel like the idea of what is beautiful is changing these days, and all the references to research and experiments didn't support much and were a little confusing, in my opinion.
Тема не раскрыта. Очень много затронуто других тем вместо зявленной. Плюс противоречие - он говорит, что красоту мы воспринимает автоматически, а потом - мы должны построить общество, свободное от стереотипов. Да как, если восприятие идет автоматически?
3:25 Symmetry attractive, signals healthiness 4:20 Hormones; youth and maturity Large eye, full lips, narrow chin, high cheek bones heavier brow, squared off jaw 5:47 Handicap Peacocks upset Charles Darwin's theory 7:41 Teens and Young Adults - they like what they like 9:23 Activating our brain in the presence of beauty 13:15 Work In Progress
Does symmetrical faces/bodies are beautiful for all or the most life forms and universal(not only the earth)? i mean is there any possible for some life forms think asymmetrical faces/bodies are beautiful on some other planets?
Actually, absolute beauty does not exist. The universe and reality have no intention on being beautiful. The real issue is our interpretation of facts that atributes beauty to things. A ''beautiful'' landscape is just a landscape, a beautiful woman is just a woman. Our eyes (and brain) makes them beautiful or not.
vadinhopsc Look up the golden ratio/Fibonacci sequence. It doesn't dismiss your claim entirely but it is something to consider, since math is universal, and the Fibonacci sequence appears to be everywhere in the universe, from our faces, to trees, to weather patterns, the patterns of stars and galaxies. Some scientists believe that the entire universe of governed by the sequence. www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2862243/Is-space-time-shaped-like-SPIRAL-Universe-golden-ratio-keeps-order-researchers-claim.html
Sure, the organization seems to be beautiful in several levels. My point is that beauty is a human concept, not an intentional process. By the way, even thinking like this, I appreciate beauty and feel in awe for many things we can see. Be in nature, be in the cosmos, be in the particle realm. And it seems that mathematics rule.
But you're dismissing spirituality out of this equation. I know, most everyone believes in philosophy but not that many believe in spirituality. Which I believe is as real as science and philosophy, but is explored in a much different manner, and which can only be ultimately proven individually. Which is what beauty for many is about, personal taste and a reflection of ourselves, "The eye of the beholder". Which isn't solely about appearances, but different things, say, personality (as cliche as it sounds). But for many, again, personality plays a big role in feeling and seeing beauty. And finally, it's all about aesthetics, which can't really be defined or evaluated, but is enjoyed as it is. I apologize, I wrote a lot, and I kind of deviated from the main point. But why are children always excited when they see anything, like literally anything? Especially new things. You can argue that because something is factually "new", then the idea of unfamiliarity, the excitement of seeing the unknown is what makes them feel excited. Nevertheless, this means that say, "if" nothing is objectively beautiful, or that beauty is measured by objectively universal values means that at the very least, from this theory's point of view, experiencing the unfamiliar is something that is naturally beautiful. Which means that beauty can be natural, and that nature can be beautiful, without our human perspective. And as Wordsworth poetically presented it: Children are the only ones who can feel and experience "The splendor of the grass, the glory of the flower".
The impressions and advantages are usually limited to the initial duration of interaction. Most often beautiful people also have to prove wrong the notion of beauty without brains and put in extra efforts to prove their worth.
I wonder why he didn't mention the influence of media creating beauty ideals (just for the counter part). This is probably as mind-shaping as our instinctive pursue of reproduction
Tjeckleburgseyes That's because the media doesn't create beauty ideals. Human evolution has created beauty ideals and the media and marketing firms simply supply our demand. We are not born as blank slates, some things are innate, like what we find attractive. In fact, newborn babies tend to prefer symmetrical and beautiful faces, no media brainwashing required. www.newscientist.com/article/dn6355-babies-prefer-to-gaze-upon-beautiful-faces/ Like the fat acceptance movement, people who feel like they don't meet the beauty standards of society will find ways different ways to cope. Taking away personal responsibility and putting it on society or the media is just one big collective coping mechanism.
Has he miss understood sexual attraction with beauty? Because You can't explain beauty through focusing on subject. I find birds beautiful but I don't want to reproduce with a bird or a sunset.
Francis Galton! In my book he has for a longtime been an epitome of the vilest human being. His works speak for themselves. He was a polymath in the way Adolf Hitler was a brilliant artist. Yes, great artists but small human beings. Small human beings are ugly. There is also a lesson in that. In an age when many of us find ourselves caught in the foul art of one-upsmanship, we forget that in the end it is "humanity" that counts far more than "accomplishment". Francis Galton had glaring human shortcomings. He would have done well to learn from his cousin, Charles Darwin, still a respected scientist. The presentation gave me answers to some questions I had about beauty, and its role in nature. Unfortunately, the presentation was limited to human beauty or beauty standards. Beauty, including human beauty, is rampant in nature. Why are flowers beautiful, but not the lowly weed? Why are highlands and mountainous landscapes hypnotically beautiful, but deserts and plains are less so? And what to make of human beauty that lacks magnetism, the power to grab you or attract you? I know many beautiful people that do not exude magnetism, and other "less beautiful" people that have stores of it. Does being more beautiful correlate with less virility, such that nature could be said to have divined beauty to increase attraction and assure reproduction? Would bees care about the flower bush if it lacked flamboyant petals? I will also go on a limb here and add a question. Many observe that gays tend to have a greater proportion of handsome people than in the larger society. Why is that? A universal theory would be nice.
Dude if I was a bird and I hadn't seen a peacock before then that beautiful thing came into my line of sight I'd be preforming the mating dance of a lifetime
For me light brown is more attraktivst then bleach white. Probably because I am totally white, blond and blue eyed! That's too much the one end of the line!
. . . "white, blond and blue eyed!" - . . .well, this is a stunnung melange mate !!! And mind you: Even we "blondies" can easy go "caramel" - if get used to the sun . . .many greetings from a "blondie"
I don't agree with his explanation of why testosterone prevails. It seems more probable that testosterone is sexually selected for because it causes men to grow bigger muscles and behave more aggressively. Physical strength and aggression are important in gaining power in primitive societies, and women desire powerful men, because they provide more resources and security for them and their offspring.
"Why don't you get a girlfriend?"
"It all started in Pleistocene..."
how could this comment not gets a thousand likes???
@@ender5036 thanks bro, your comment is worth all of them.
Let me remind you of your genius about this comment, sir.
@@Moonlight-ju4qi thank you kind sir!
I forgot about this video... Time to rewatch!
Everyone's brain concludes that I'm ugly.
kulik03 that's because your brain concludes that your ugly...what you feel is what you see;)
Conrad Ambrossi
Only like 20% true.
Same.
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Same. But the fact that you can admit that proves you’re really not as ugly as you seem
factors considered to be beautiful-
1.mixed race
2.symmetry
3.hormones-facial features
4.health-reproductive
Its important to add "As a general rule" he failed to highlight this.
Beauty is also something you develop and this only deals with first contact beauty.
Is there a study or survey anywhere that shows people are more attracted to mixed race faces?
@thomas anderson wrong 😂 in so many level
@thomas anderson we were molded to think that white people are the most beautiful ethnicity by social media
@@sheshomaru6799 He's right though.
Stop lying to yourself.
the red, green, orange preference example was awesome
Thats Deep & For Real Today
i didnt understood
@@salih8586 same hahahuhu
My biology teacher explained this to the class :)) best teacher ever, also a she is big fan of carl sagan
What a luck, my teacher teach me Harun Yahya btw
@@mangyana4571 My teacher didn't teach.
Anyone who loves Carl Sagan has such an intriguing & marvelous perspective of beauty in the universe 💯
So if you're ugly, you're not only ugly, you'll also treated bad and everybody will think you're bad... :(
Sad to say YES . . .
This man cleared my biggest question of life
the purpose of your life?
BlackPill
Symmetry is something like comfort not the thing that excites our senses but rather a point of reference.
The more sensitive to beauty you are the more you enjoy asymmetry.
Like people who enjoy complex music trained their ears to appreciate more & more dissonant chords.
Today's mainstream media produce more comfort than beauty be it in music or in beauty magazine. Since science as got into the matter of beauty it has been industrialized and vulgarized.
This is just my observation that I base on both scientific studies and personal philosophy.
The way he talks is so relaxing. I'm going to replay this thing to sleep. ❤
That wasn't supposed to be so
Your brain decided it's beautiful. 📝
Actually smooth voices are commonly seen as such.
Please
It isn’t for that that guy is a scientist and this is a scientific presentation on ted talk. If you want to sleep download a meditation app
@@226iamacake😂
This video should be called "How your brain decides what is ATTRACTIVE"
When I read the word "Beautiful", art, nature, the night sky, combinations of colors, sensations, sounds, architecture, etc. came to my mind. Kind of disappointed when I watched a video based just on attractiveness.
Yeah, I got what you mean.
I am looking for paintings and music now... and I found this. You hit my problem.
Same!!
Beauty is the intuition for the pattern of perfect being/existence
Can u explain little simpler?
@@PiyushKumar-ie8pg please
I don't know why but I find guys with facial asymmetry more attractive and interesting to look at, so they are beautiful for me. It seems that they have more character and mystery.
You ara a Sapiophile.
Cope
It is my turn woho
7:55 this is such an important concept in evolutionary psychology that is constantly overlooked. The distinction between the proximate cause and the ultimate cause. To often people confuse the inherent arbitrary liking of something to some cognitive extrinsic desire for survival.
can you explain in simple words
@@Ak-in5cu Sure. I think that a big problem with how most people think of the evolution, is that they believe that people like what they like because of survival.
For example, people often phrase the evolution of sexual desire (especially for animals) in such a way where they say stuff like “they look for the most suitable mate, who is healthy and will produce many offspring.” I believe this is false. I believe that evolution causes animals and people are o have certain preferences, but that within the mind of people and animals, there is no consideration of survival, and that these preferences just exist as basic desires in the mind, which have no deeper reason for why they have them, other than that they simply have them.
Here is another example. When a person is hungry, they simply want to eat food, just to stop the pain of hunger, and to feel the pleasure of eating. The reason these desires exist is because of evolution caused them to appear. Obviously food is necessary, so people evolved a strong preference to want to eat food. Despite this, people do not eat food because they desire to survive and prolong their existence. This is obvious when you consider that there are many people who eat enough food to become unhealthy and obese. Despite knowing it is unhealthy, and that it is not helping with survival, many obese people still want to eat food, simply because it feels good to do so, and it is painful not to do so.
All of this demonstrates that, psychologically, people do not like what they like, and dislike what they dislike, for survival reasons, despite the fact that these preference exist because they help with evolutionary survival.
Really interesting and well explained. I've heard the notion "symmetry is beauty" regurgitated with conviction so many times, and every time I cringe because it appears to be too simple of a model for beauty. It is certainly a component, but not the only one. A testament to this is my high-school crush on a girls with a crooked smile.
bj0rn A lot of women like guys with prominent brows or a scar or tattoo on one side of their face. Asymmetry is also very beautiful and a sign of more character or creativity in all types of design.
bj0rn symmetry is just a tool that nature created and uses...beauty is a truly subjective. A affect with an objective cause:)
I think that balance is beauty. Symmetry is something that helps create a balance but there can also be a balance of positve and negative qualities that create beauty
I like to draw, every video of drawing of a face will try the best to demonstrate symmetric eyes and ears.
@@oswellsubscriptions2456 sooo true. So it's just all about the balance. I agree.
As a 11th year student this is very helpful to me. I was told to choose or invent a topic for philosophy and I was very intrigued as to WHY beauty? Why would we have a better chance of survival because of this? What about ...
Thank you so much for this. I'll be back to say what grade I got thanks to your presentation. Really. Thanks a lot, this is very inspiring.
I got a 10 :') my teacher said it was a beautiful presentation, thanks for this.
Nice
Seriously? It's the same reason I'm here haha. 11th grade philosophy essay
@@Kilimser ohhh i could try to help u if u need more info
Attraction is only a part of recognition of beauty.
Why do we water flowers and not weeds?. Nature displays beauty and harsh and in amazing ways. And humans which are the construct of everything mother nature has worked to achieve. Has all the characteristics of beauty and harsh characteristics of beauty that mother nature has.
Great Talks and lots of clarity on how Beauty plays a key role in our life.
BTW as a Bengali, I'm very proud of Anjan Chatterjee.
I fell in love with my best friend then realized how handsome he really is.
I fell in love with a girl and realized how beautiful she is
Very interesting. I wonder how beauty will evolve in the future
We would probably see the beautiful people of the future as ugly, depending on how far into the future. In thousands of years we would probably see them as more beautiful, as they would look like the beautiful people of today but there would be a higher quantity of them. In a million years we would probably see them as alien or ape-like, the thought of mating with them may disgust us
Society, culture, inadvertently, tell us what beauty is. Here in the West, it is thin girls, in general, that are the attractive ones. In Africa, the beautiful ones are very fat.
Here in the Western part of the World, if you look at the old photos from the late 1800s early 1900s, it's clear to see our aesthetics have changed already. The social fabric and technology such as TV, social media magazines and anti-aging advances of our society has changed immensely since then. Therefore who we choose to reproduce with has become more about aesthetics rather than who is seen as a good rancher, farmer and provider or who will make a good homemaker with good childbearing hips (whatever that means). In my opinion, I feel in 200 years from now in the Western side of the world, if we are still able to advance, the majority of the population is going to evolve into a even more very petite, athletic, porcelain skinned faced woman and very tall masculine men. At the pace we are going, our great great grandkids will be looking at photos of us, commenting on how ugly and miserable we look.
Beauty is permanent designed by God your nose will always be best situated above your 2 lips
I like the idea that beauty is influencing our brains, and creating the associated physiological reactions, even when we are not consciously looking for or focusing upon it. Taking that notion and applying it to non-human aspects of beauty, it makes an intriguing case for filling the world with beautiful art, beautiful architectural design, beautiful landscapes, etc. to positively influence people.
WallaJen
Just the sight of ugliness and ugly people induces depression in the well suited.
🙌 👏 🙏 🤝 👍 thats why I paint . . .
@@bryanutility9609 🙌 👏 🙏 🤝 👍 come over to GER and you will see. . .
If you want to save time, the speech is still easy to follow if you listen at 2x speed. If there was a 1.75 speed, that would likely be optimal.
There is
He talks very slowly, and that what annoys me.. I used to listen to fast-talking people and it became easy for me to comprehend what they say
What about nature. Animals, plants, stars formation. How we attracted to those things
the question of the ages, some people call that GOD
Great talk, lots of wisdom in this. I love what he says at the end about how we should treat people based on their behavior and not their looks. Bravo!
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I used to find myself very ugly because of the comments i'd heard about my appearance. During the whole period of human history people have been choosing a beauty standard which is hard to achieve. For example chubbiness used to be the beauty standard till the food started to cost less in Russia. Serfs wanted to look like their landlords because landlords simply lived more , had more money and had a power other them. Nowadays you can also achieve the beauty standard by having plastic surgeries, eating healthy food, going to a gym and etc. but these actions costs a lot of money , so i think that beauty human is a lucky one, who is lucky for being alive when his or her appearance is high to achieve or it is a rich one or it is a one who has a power other someone. Right now i don't even think over my beauty because it's not my cup of tea. I want to be smart, i want to give this world something new.
Of course i can be wrong because i didn't mention personal aspect. And i don't think someone will actually read this so it's not that important.
I love this.....this is so wonderful.
Bro I read this ...and so inspired by u
I still don't understand what happens in my brain that makes me find some facial scars WAY more attractive than "unmarked" faces.
I guess scars are sign of more expirenced man who survived in dangerous situation. Hence he will be more effective in protecting his offspring.
@@СергейСергеев-ф1ъ5х Yes, you are right.
Yes as humans we are pre-programmed to behave a certain way toward each other is part of our nature that we must overcome
Billy Crutchfield Pre-programmed by who? whom? Just remember all this scientific stuff keeps getting corrected all the time. They're constantly saying whoops we were wrong let me tell you what we know now.
Actually it isn't a program. That's not how the brain works. It's actually just neuro-chemical reactions that most humans experience. Namely oxytocin, which is strongly associated with warm interpersonal relationships. It also has the effect of making us more likely to have warmth and compassion for those who are like us. Meaning, in turn, creating an "us/them" mentality, which I believe is one reason why there is so much conflict in the world. But, explains in a biological way such behavior emerged in society.
Anon2150 Oh yeah, that chem. /hormone is powerful. That's the Power of Love ... that's what Huey Lewis and the News said ;) ... and that other song... Addicted to Love by... Robert Palmer. 🎵🎵
"Beauty is a work in progress-" Well said.
Sadly the world is still deeply brutal.
Also, it is misleading to imply "people don't view beauty correctly" and then quote Darwin and Freud, both of whom rooted their scientific theory from the perspective that human psyche and human nature is flawed and ugly, with no hope of being otherwise. But how can this be? When we not only seek beauty in an ugly brutal world, we try to replicate it.
Thoughts?
Loved this talk, I believe when we focus on growing our consciousness awareness as a people we'll start looking at the realness of others and the actual situation at hand instead of relying on subconscious walls/tests built by a personal methods of assumptions and interactions with others.
Basically learn more judge less.
If you just judge based on first instinct you’ll be right almost every time. Judging based on appearance is the best tool you have. Use it.
🙌 👏 🙏 🤝 👍 thats exactly why I started painting !!
I always thought beauty was a combination of symmetry, familiarity, self-confidence and positive association in someones traits. Not to be confused with sexuality.
If beauty is so advantageous then how come the majority of naturally beautiful people that I know make awful life choices?
Good talk, I like how calm and focused he presented it.
6:15 Hehe, gotta love eccentric scientists.
First of all i was knowing all these informations before i watched the video. I want to know that how can i prevent from these effect on myself. Is there any techniques?
I really appreciate how he apologized to explain something universal with heterosexual norms. He shone a light and acknowledged(?) a whole community, which is so nice to hear. Great speech as well!
I so enjoyed this. Inspires me to learn more. Wished the description had links or book references.
Hey mate, did you find any books?
I used to be beautiful but after puberty im still ravaged by acne, hyperimpegmentation and dark spots also my skin is quite dark and im also 23 fml
MrMentalz2 @ it should not matter how dark ur skin is. If ur acne scars annoy you and u live in Australia u can get free laser if u say to ur Dr it gives u depression and u need to c a dermatologist. That would help with the acne scarring and hypopigmentation too
MrMentalz2 hormones & food
A lot of water, lemon, sugar and honey face mask(2 days per week) and problem solved:D
Dude, you are not alone with the "I am 23 and still have acne". I feel your pain.
MrMentalz2 go vegan
Omg this is mind opening! Yes I love knowledge!!!!!
Thank you for this! I'm a straight male and I've been wondering why my initial reaction to a hot guy is almost like my first reaction to a hot female. I never follow up with sexual arousal with a man, but the first moment is the same.... Now I feel a little more "normal", lol.
@@emperorborgpalpatine Nope. Solidly hetero. Logical too.
@@216trixie Having sexual intentions with someone and thinking someone is beautifull are different. So bro we are not bisexual.
@@cantoprak7428 True!
@@cantoprak7428 and hi to me from 3 years ago.
@@216trixie it means you don’t have a fragile masculinity. which is very rare in straight males
Then how does the brain judge what is beautiful painting or music or literature etc?
So now I know for sure that I'm objectively ugly, not subjectively 🤣🤪
All jokes aside, that was an excellent presentation! 👏
Plastic surgery will destroy humanity.
🙌 👏 🙏 🤝 👍 its all about money and lies . . . I prefer honest, "poor" folks . . .
Gosh! What an interesting perspective. Thanks for sharing!
but then again, you only made tests on adults. So it is still possible that perception of beauty is learned. Babies for example do not discriminate, unless they see someone severely disfigured. But that's mainly because disfigurement is uncommon.
I don't know if this is taboo, but a suggestion I can give is have babies brains scanned while looking at pictures of both perceived average and aesthetically pleasant, by adults. If there is indeed a significant difference in their reaction parallel to what is perceived as beautiful by adults, only then can you truly say that beauty is part of evolution.
maattthhhh It is an innate trait for newborn babies to prefer symmetrical and attractive faces. This is not a learned behaviour, this can be observed mere hours after a baby is born. A quick google search of "do babies prefer attractive faces" will get you links with numerous scientific studies about the subject. Here's one to start: www.newscientist.com/article/dn6355-babies-prefer-to-gaze-upon-beautiful-faces/
Actually, there are several cases of babies/toddlers going being more open and wanting more contact with women seen as beautiful. (for example, babies were a subject discussed with family and friends sometimes and I learnt I and other people I know were in the same case!)
I'm no scientist and I haven't run any tests, but I can also agree that kids are more harsher on beauty then adults are. However, I can also say that while kids may be harsher on looks, they are more emotionally strong and pure-minded, which is why while they may care about looks, to them they wouldn't consider starving themselves to look 'pretty' like some teens would. then again, it depends on the child.
+Maattthhhh Incorrect. A test conducted on 6 and even 3 month old infants showed when looking at sets of two pictures they spent significantly longer looking at the symmetrical faces rather than the uglier less symmetrical faces. An affinity for symmetry is implicit, I can remember building symmetrical structures with my blocks in kindergarten.
i read somewhere that the only natural fear a baby has is the fear of heights, so it's more than likely their preferences are in fact learned.
So, if i understood correctly, beauty is a survival mechanism. The impulse of nature is towards perfection in beauty, as means of survival. Makes sense
Averaging implies symmetry
Would the colour example imply that preference for green be transmitted genetically?
Very comprehensive and thoughtful presentation. Thank you Anjan Chatterjee.
Beauty applies to more than just faces.
YEah... but the underlying principle is same. The subconscious factors that contribute to what a person regards as beautiful is more or less the same in case of faces and other things such as a place, or piece of art etc...
Michael Deering well he mentioned money as an indicator of beauty and fitness because of the ability to waste resources
face is 80% of beauty
Michael Deering You're right.
Blatantly !!
I don’t think “beautiful” people always get treated better. Sometimes they get treated worse than plain people, like a lot worse. Also your appearance doesn’t have much to do with your overall life or happiness
a lot he said makes sense, until the end when he says what we find beautiful is changing. does he really think hundreds of thousands of years of sexual selection preference is just gonna go away because we don't have parasites?
Symmetry and shades of color in tldr, but it's actually an interesting question of what makes a person feel uncomfortable or don't have to correct it, usually that comes from a feeling that it's not exhibiting chaotic format and increasing our arousal, meaning if it's not structured as we understand to be a beautiful pattern our mind thinks it's ugly, like if you take away the mindful determinate thinking or sexual human arousal feelings, then all there's nothing really to beauty, that's why cheap beauty is not as attractive if you must think about it in a bigger picture.. but I feel the basis of beauty must be derived from a thoughtful existential feeling to be interesting. And sadly it's quite the crazy drug if you process beauty on a artificial level, making one hyperfocus to look one way at the beautiful not the other, in some way that behavior is not beautiful in the aspect of wholesomeness.
my brain uses user-based rating sites to decide whether something is good or bad
i have severe depression
Great talk! Really interesting.
I didn't understand his argument for why its not necessary that teens decision for mating is not sub-consciously based on health.
The long example given by him in support of his argument, in which he shows Green, Orange and Red color preferences, doesn't make any sense.
Because, eventually it does correlate with health somehow. If Green preference is associated with high reproductive success, then it probably does also associate with 'Health' as an unhealthy individual has a poor chance of reproductive success.
Any comments?
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Damn it! There goes my belief of finding love in a rural village...
🙌 👏 🙏 🤝 👍 I ve been giving it up too . . . just love yourself - thats pretty enough . . .
I remember one famous quote from Jim Carrey in Liar Liar:
your teacher taught that beauty always comes from inside but actually only ugly people say it
I really liked the first part of the talk, when he spoke about averaging, simmetry and hormones. But after that, the speech became weaker: it doesn't feel like the idea of what is beautiful is changing these days, and all the references to research and experiments didn't support much and were a little confusing, in my opinion.
Тема не раскрыта. Очень много затронуто других тем вместо зявленной.
Плюс противоречие - он говорит, что красоту мы воспринимает автоматически, а потом - мы должны построить общество, свободное от стереотипов. Да как, если восприятие идет автоматически?
3:25 Symmetry attractive, signals healthiness
4:20 Hormones; youth and maturity
Large eye, full lips, narrow chin, high cheek bones
heavier brow, squared off jaw
5:47 Handicap
Peacocks upset Charles Darwin's theory
7:41 Teens and Young Adults - they like what they like
9:23 Activating our brain in the presence of beauty
13:15 Work In Progress
Does symmetrical faces/bodies are beautiful for all or the most life forms and universal(not only the earth)? i mean is there any possible for some life forms think asymmetrical faces/bodies are beautiful on some other planets?
The same way we cherry pick good looking fruits and vegetables from supermarket
This is a beautiful video.
amazing amazing talk 👏👏👏👏
"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" - in short.
Actually, absolute beauty does not exist. The universe and reality have no intention on being beautiful. The real issue is our interpretation of facts that atributes beauty to things. A ''beautiful'' landscape is just a landscape, a beautiful woman is just a woman. Our eyes (and brain) makes them beautiful or not.
vadinhopsc Look up the golden ratio/Fibonacci sequence. It doesn't dismiss your claim entirely but it is something to consider, since math is universal, and the Fibonacci sequence appears to be everywhere in the universe, from our faces, to trees, to weather patterns, the patterns of stars and galaxies. Some scientists believe that the entire universe of governed by the sequence. www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2862243/Is-space-time-shaped-like-SPIRAL-Universe-golden-ratio-keeps-order-researchers-claim.html
Sure, the organization seems to be beautiful in several levels. My point is that beauty is a human concept, not an intentional process. By the way, even thinking like this, I appreciate beauty and feel in awe for many things we can see. Be in nature, be in the cosmos, be in the particle realm. And it seems that mathematics rule.
OMG; did you miss that This was a TED MED talk, & not vadinhopsc metaphysics!?
But you're dismissing spirituality out of this equation. I know, most everyone believes in philosophy but not that many believe in spirituality. Which I believe is as real as science and philosophy, but is explored in a much different manner, and which can only be ultimately proven individually. Which is what beauty for many is about, personal taste and a reflection of ourselves, "The eye of the beholder". Which isn't solely about appearances, but different things, say, personality (as cliche as it sounds). But for many, again, personality plays a big role in feeling and seeing beauty. And finally, it's all about aesthetics, which can't really be defined or evaluated, but is enjoyed as it is.
I apologize, I wrote a lot, and I kind of deviated from the main point. But why are children always excited when they see anything, like literally anything? Especially new things. You can argue that because something is factually "new", then the idea of unfamiliarity, the excitement of seeing the unknown is what makes them feel excited. Nevertheless, this means that say, "if" nothing is objectively beautiful, or that beauty is measured by objectively universal values means that at the very least, from this theory's point of view, experiencing the unfamiliar is something that is naturally beautiful. Which means that beauty can be natural, and that nature can be beautiful, without our human perspective. And as Wordsworth poetically presented it: Children are the only ones who can feel and experience "The splendor of the grass, the glory of the flower".
12:22 that hurt cause I have experienced it😞
I got many answers to my questions. I enjoyed
The impressions and advantages are usually limited to the initial duration of interaction. Most often beautiful people also have to prove wrong the notion of beauty without brains and put in extra efforts to prove their worth.
شكرا جزيلا ع الترجمة العربية ولكنها غير مترابطة وذلك لان بعض المصطلحات تحتاج الى مختص وليس مترجم والصراحة هذا اول فيديو اشاهده بهذه القناة
Medieval philosophy : beauty good and true are undissociable!
🙌 👏 🙏 🤝 👍 thats what GOETHE told us . . .
The root of lookism is equating beauty with positivity and ugliness with negativity.
Beauty is good in and of itself. I don’t know any parent who wants their kids to be ugly or sick.
I wonder why he didn't mention the influence of media creating beauty ideals (just for the counter part). This is probably as mind-shaping as our instinctive pursue of reproduction
Tjeckleburgseyes That's because the media doesn't create beauty ideals. Human evolution has created beauty ideals and the media and marketing firms simply supply our demand. We are not born as blank slates, some things are innate, like what we find attractive. In fact, newborn babies tend to prefer symmetrical and beautiful faces, no media brainwashing required.
www.newscientist.com/article/dn6355-babies-prefer-to-gaze-upon-beautiful-faces/
Like the fat acceptance movement, people who feel like they don't meet the beauty standards of society will find ways different ways to cope. Taking away personal responsibility and putting it on society or the media is just one big collective coping mechanism.
"I wonder why he didn't mention the influence of media creating beauty ideals" A good ad blocker works wonders. :)
Tjeckleburgseyes because those standarts Come from the same source.
I think that's why he mentioned the color graph.
this dude's voice is making me fall asleep for
omg finally a scientists who isn't partisan who doesn't bends research results for the sake of politics. Much Respect to Anjan.
Averageness, symmetry and hormone effects
But i thought it was my heart that decided whats beautiful
thanks for confirming that i'm ugly 😅
What an amazing talk.
Before watching this video, i was always disturbed by my bad face. However, i feel much more relaxed now.
This explains everything.. 😅
There are very few videos where are I don't read comments while watching the video, it was one of them.
Has he miss understood sexual attraction with beauty? Because You can't explain beauty through focusing on subject. I find birds beautiful but I don't want to reproduce with a bird or a sunset.
Yeah even most of the peaple do mistake beauty with sexual attraction
🙌 👏 🙏 🤝 👍
I'm sure this guy knows his stuff but damn, his delivery could really use some work.
Jacob Clarkson that is so true.
Actually I found it quite easy to masturbate to.
@@PsychorGames
@1:26 that's Michael Fassbender...
What about art and architecture
...what about fetishes?
Nathan Gatten XD
I have a feet fetish; I googled, and found that it has to do with a woman's genitals.
So...men must be rich, women must look young, act maturely, and be beautiful. And beauty is a plus if you are a murderous psychopath.
Francis Galton! In my book he has for a longtime been an epitome of the vilest human being. His works speak for themselves. He was a polymath in the way Adolf Hitler was a brilliant artist. Yes, great artists but small human beings. Small human beings are ugly. There is also a lesson in that. In an age when many of us find ourselves caught in the foul art of one-upsmanship, we forget that in the end it is "humanity" that counts far more than "accomplishment". Francis Galton had glaring human shortcomings. He would have done well to learn from his cousin, Charles Darwin, still a respected scientist.
The presentation gave me answers to some questions I had about beauty, and its role in nature. Unfortunately, the presentation was limited to human beauty or beauty standards. Beauty, including human beauty, is rampant in nature. Why are flowers beautiful, but not the lowly weed? Why are highlands and mountainous landscapes hypnotically beautiful, but deserts and plains are less so?
And what to make of human beauty that lacks magnetism, the power to grab you or attract you? I know many beautiful people that do not exude magnetism, and other "less beautiful" people that have stores of it. Does being more beautiful correlate with less virility, such that nature could be said to have divined beauty to increase attraction and assure reproduction? Would bees care about the flower bush if it lacked flamboyant petals? I will also go on a limb here and add a question. Many observe that gays tend to have a greater proportion of handsome people than in the larger society. Why is that? A universal theory would be nice.
it is not beauty that is evil it is how we react to it by giving it whatever it desires ..... WE feed it with sycophantic idiocy
We react to it that way because it's beautiful.
It is genetically imbedded in us to react that way.
Which changes with evolution.@@alvarofalkov5467
11:07
Ancient Hedonists: We told you breh.
Dude if I was a bird and I hadn't seen a peacock before then that beautiful thing came into my line of sight I'd be preforming the mating dance of a lifetime
This man just apologized for explaining heterosexual biology, WTF?
What a nice TED Talk
Thank you for the good talk
Thank you so much dearest master ❤
Dude go read The Evolution of Beauty, you're wrong
Great video
Didn't mention anything about skin colour. anybody has any idea
I watchs this to learn english 😊👻
x3
me too
sun sulaf Same!
*watch
Don't make it plural in that sentence because you are talking about just one thing/person
:)
Same
For me light brown is more attraktivst then bleach white. Probably because I am totally white, blond and blue eyed! That's too much the one end of the line!
. . . "white, blond and blue eyed!" - . . .well, this is a stunnung melange mate !!! And mind you: Even we "blondies" can easy go "caramel" - if get used to the sun . . .many greetings from a "blondie"
I don't agree with his explanation of why testosterone prevails. It seems more probable that testosterone is sexually selected for because it causes men to grow bigger muscles and behave more aggressively. Physical strength and aggression are important in gaining power in primitive societies, and women desire powerful men, because they provide more resources and security for them and their offspring.
This does not explain the face. If women prefer more muscle, they can simply look for the muscle.
Clinical studys showed men with higher testosterone were more cooperative with other men.. Your definition of aggression?