i'm totally with you. It's always been weird to me that people refer to beauty appearance as a shallow and surface, and they refer to personality as something deeper and more fundamental about. And this is a big probem i have with the aleandra article that focuses on the morality of partner preference,. Like whether you should pick a romantic partner. Ba'sn appearance isn't under your control either. If it were, introverts would probably choose to be extraverts, you know, and get a lot of benefit from it, but they can't. Why is a personality deeper than fe then a face? I kind of wonder if this is something like you could actually figure out, or
We think racism is wrong but what about “lookism” – a bias that favors attractive people over unattractive ones? If it’s wrong to judge people by the color of their skin, what about judging people for something that is only skin deep? We talk about two pieces today, a forthcoming philosophy article by William D’Allesandro “Is it Bad to Prefer Attractive Partners” and the Ted Chiang story “Liking What You See: A Documentary.”
Plus we select the topic finalists for our beloved Patreon listener-selected episode. Interesting list this time around!
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