Looks and Longevity: Do Prettier People Live Longer?
(www.sciencedirect.com)
from Blaze@reddthat.com to science@mander.xyz on 29 Jun 2024 21:42
https://reddthat.com/post/21419480
from Blaze@reddthat.com to science@mander.xyz on 29 Jun 2024 21:42
https://reddthat.com/post/21419480
Highlights
- Little is known about the association between facial attractiveness and longevity
- We analyze how attractiveness based on yearbook pictures is linked to longevity
- We find that the least attractive 1/6th had a significantly Higher Hazard of mortality
- The least attractive 1/6th of women lived almost 2 years less than others at 20.
- The least attractive 1/6th of men lived almost 1 years less than others at 20.
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Sometimes I feel the social sciences are an elaborate bit. Not only do they not control for the obvious variables, there’s no response once you go avove a certain treshold (indicating that it’s probably the confounding variables at play), and the attractiveness paper divides up the population in sextiles.
Any relationship found with cause of death?
And hopefully they controlled for parental income…
If you read the paper…
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On average, being more attractive means being more successful. Being successful leads to more money. More money leads to being able to afford more food, less stress due to more economic stability, and more access to better healthcare.
Obviously not 100% guaranteed, but kind of obvious when looking st averages.
It’s probably because damsels in distress get rescued by the male protagonist while hags are on their own and have to rely on hissing and casting spells.