Comments on: I must be a bot http://www.tikirobot.net/wp/2006/07/18/i-must-be-a-bot/ Mai Tais and Blinky Lights, Ahoy! Sat, 28 Jan 2012 06:57:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: may http://www.tikirobot.net/wp/2006/07/18/i-must-be-a-bot/comment-page-1/#comment-2806 may Wed, 19 Jul 2006 05:41:30 +0000 http://www.tikirobot.net/wp/2006/07/18/i-must-be-a-bot/#comment-2806 hmm...interesting. I also suspect females are more attuned to "hotness" in other females because of exposure - women's magazines are filled with pages and pages of hot women! And while it's true that women don't choose mates based on looks alone, it's odd that there isn't more consensus on what's considered physically hot in men, esp if you're thinking of this from an evolutionary angle (after all, the captcha isn't asking us to pick a mate, just what we think is physically hot!) hmm…interesting. I also suspect females are more attuned to “hotness” in other females because of exposure – women’s magazines are filled with pages and pages of hot women!

And while it’s true that women don’t choose mates based on looks alone, it’s odd that there isn’t more consensus on what’s considered physically hot in men, esp if you’re thinking of this from an evolutionary angle (after all, the captcha isn’t asking us to pick a mate, just what we think is physically hot!)

]]> By: Kevin Marks http://www.tikirobot.net/wp/2006/07/18/i-must-be-a-bot/comment-page-1/#comment-2794 Kevin Marks Tue, 18 Jul 2006 23:46:45 +0000 http://www.tikirobot.net/wp/2006/07/18/i-must-be-a-bot/#comment-2794 As I said over at Tim'sm the evolutionary psychology angle is (crudely summarized) that men pick mates by looks, and women pick mates by status, due to the asymmetry of investment required for each to have children. So, both men and women are better tuned to 'hotness' in women, men for mate choosing, women for checking the competition. This likely underlies both the ability to discriminate in the captcha test, and the underlying paucity of rated men on hotornot. As I said over at Tim’sm the evolutionary psychology angle is (crudely summarized) that men pick mates by looks, and women pick mates by status, due to the asymmetry of investment required for each to have children.
So, both men and women are better tuned to ‘hotness’ in women, men for mate choosing, women for checking the competition. This likely underlies both the ability to discriminate in the captcha test, and the underlying paucity of rated men on hotornot.

]]> By: may http://www.tikirobot.net/wp/2006/07/18/i-must-be-a-bot/comment-page-1/#comment-2791 may Tue, 18 Jul 2006 22:38:22 +0000 http://www.tikirobot.net/wp/2006/07/18/i-must-be-a-bot/#comment-2791 I've yet to get *any* of the men right but hit 100% on the female version. I'm thinking this only means that my general preference tends to run counter to the prevailing hot or not standard of male hotness. I’ve yet to get *any* of the men right but hit 100% on the female version. I’m thinking this only means that my general preference tends to run counter to the prevailing hot or not standard of male hotness.

]]> By: rajbot http://www.tikirobot.net/wp/2006/07/18/i-must-be-a-bot/comment-page-1/#comment-2788 rajbot Tue, 18 Jul 2006 21:56:54 +0000 http://www.tikirobot.net/wp/2006/07/18/i-must-be-a-bot/#comment-2788 Yeah, I was 5/5 on the women, but only 1/10 on the men. It's pretty difficult to figure out the male version, but for the female version it seems that you can just pick the three skinniest women. Yeah, I was 5/5 on the women, but only 1/10 on the men. It’s pretty difficult to figure out the male version, but for the female version it seems that you can just pick the three skinniest women.

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