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How subjective is beauty? We often think that it's all according to 'taste' and completely dependent on the individual, but scientists, biologists, and mathematicians have long been fascinated by certain ratios and proportions of things that are considered 'beautiful'. You may have heard of the Fibonacci Number (from The Da Vinci Code), and you can read more about it here.
Do you think beauty can be scientifically calculated? Respond as a comment.
Also, here's the link for today's documentary:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou2USR1MBrk&feature=relmfu
2 comments:
As much math and science as we try to squeeze into the art of the human being, I still feel that beauty is relative. Beauty is a universal concept, and each individual, with or without calculations, might relatively interpret the idea of beauty according to their own subjective, cultural, social, genetic, emotional penchant. However, what this video shows about beauty has some truth to expose. Most of us would find that if one has a symmetrical face, meaning not one eye is larger than the other, and that if the proportions of one's facial features compliment the others, then they will be seen as beautiful. However, there are always that small percentage of people that might think it is cute to have a lazy eye or a button nose, because beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.
Despite mathematicians and scientists trying to prove that what we believe to be "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" is false, I stand my belief and agree with the saying. No matter how much science tries to calculate beauty, not everyone is the same. Our minds are not computer programmed and therefore do not have the exact same response to situations or images. There will always be an exception to a saying, and science most likely will not find the exact equation to always have a constant answer. Two people who are looking at the exact same pair of eyebrows, and calculations have shown that they are in perfect proportion and symmetrical, what they otherwise call "beautiful", one person might perceive someone with thick eyebrows as bushy and wolf-like, however another might see it as beautiful and refined. From this, I think that people's imperfections make them beautiful and unique, whilst a completely proportional face which might be considered as "beautiful", might become boring after a while.
It's the same concept as a "perfect world". Everyone will follow through the same routine and there are no sad moments to accentuate happy moments, creating a very dull and monotonous atmosphere. This to me is pretty much the same concept as a perfectly symmetrical face; maybe beautiful, but definitely boring.
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