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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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gammarator
4798 days ago
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.
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ijk
4798 days ago
Unless the "foundation in math" is really confirmation bias, which math as used by humans is still vulnerable to.
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