Tuesday, August 16, 2005

to be or not to be?



"The majority of people will say that the faces depicted on these photographs are immaculately beautiful. The portraits were made with the help of a special computer program by German psychologists Martin Gruendl, Claus Marberger, Christoph Scherber and Christoph Braun. The researchers designed the images on the base of ideal proportions and features of human face.

Modern people with their standards of beauty run risks of losing the battle with perfect computer images and fall a victim to non-existent perfection. In addition, German scientists concluded that there was a certain stereotype in perceiving a beautiful person. People think that beautiful individuals are talented, creative and sensitive; that they have an ability to exert a positive influence on others. Those, who have not so pretty, or absolutely unpretty faces, are usually perceived as people who cannot boast of such qualities and traits - just an instant visual contact is enough to conclude so. Unattractive people are usually perceived as someone unhappy, malcontent, presumptuous, stupid and exhausted with their own lives.

Social consequences of human appearances are enormous. It is easier for beautiful people to live on this planet. They are usually more successful in their private and professional lives, although it may seem to be absolutely unfair to others"

3 comments:

Sageish said...

These people are ugly - I'm pretty - meh!

Moo_Cow said...

Yeah, I think the Germans should just leave what is and is not the "ideal" anything to do with the human body should or should not be alone... Maybe it's just me... ;-)

PS: I'm just kidding for all you way to uptight skin heads-- I mean people out there.

Tavius said...

im not......everything ben just said i mean.......LET IT ALONE FREAKOS!
the end.