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by hnriot 4798 days ago
When it's actually got a foundation in math, it stops being a racist trope and becomes a valid scientific inquiry.

Sexist? Overly sensitive would be one word for it.

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The analysis uses math, but that doesn't make it scientific. In particular, there's no comparison to the similarity of a sample of faces of normal Koreans, westerners, or beauty contestants.
Unless the "foundation in math" is really confirmation bias, which math as used by humans is still vulnerable to.