i take you to mean physical attractiveness...otherwise you'd probably have had to get to know the erstwhile stranger.
the world mirrors the 'beauty' of physically attractive people back to them in myriad ways constantly. we need philosophers to interrupt these circuits of opinion, e.g., by making a serious, counter-instinctual effort to factor out the force of 'beauty' from one's responses to people.
hello, spookythinkingdrowsyhazeJuly 6 2006, 19:26:46 UTC
i tried you at leafofgrass@livejournal.com and got a failure. then i tried commenting on the this community is private entry and i'm not your friend. so, here i am
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This depends on the convention more than anything else, hence on the time and place. Just starting a "friendly chat" with a stranger is not acceptable in some cultures while it's OK in others. And so I would ahere to the current convention as people would likely feel more comfortable with me doing so.
For example, it would be OK on the drinks reception, during the "freshers' week" in the uni, etc. Not OK in the street.
I also won't agree with the point about physical attractivness made in the comments. A person can be beautiful not because of the physical "parameters" that he has, but also or exclusively because of the way she/he holds her/him - self. Those small almost "untangible" things like eye movement, posture, the kind of attitude which this person radiates with her very being.
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sometimes yes, sometimes no!
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the world mirrors the 'beauty' of physically attractive people back to them in myriad ways constantly. we need philosophers to interrupt these circuits of opinion, e.g., by making a serious, counter-instinctual effort to factor out the force of 'beauty' from one's responses to people.
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Just starting a "friendly chat" with a stranger is not acceptable in some cultures while it's OK in others. And so I would ahere to the current convention as people would likely feel more comfortable with me doing so.
For example, it would be OK on the drinks reception, during the "freshers' week" in the uni, etc. Not OK in the street.
I also won't agree with the point about physical attractivness made in the comments. A person can be beautiful not because of the physical "parameters" that he has, but also or exclusively because of the way she/he holds her/him - self. Those small almost "untangible" things like eye movement, posture, the kind of attitude which this person radiates with her very being.
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