Hmm, makes me wonder how much control we can exercise over the relative scales of the axes. I'm going to guess that most people assume the graph scales are linear, but what if they are exponential? In other words, is the zone of pain really approximately equal in area to the null set? If the axes start at 0 and go to say 100 linearly, then, yes. But if the axes start at 0 and run to 100,000,000 exponentially, then no, the null set would actually have vastly more in it than the zone of pain.
Or maybe some people have a reaaaaaalllly stretched out axis of mental attractiveness (meaning more dumber people are still attractive) and a constrained physical axis (meaning that only Beautiful People need apply). For men, a configuration like that would tend to favor a Britney Spears or Ashlee Simpson over say a Judit Polgar or Barbara Liskov.
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Or maybe some people have a reaaaaaalllly stretched out axis of mental attractiveness (meaning more dumber people are still attractive) and a constrained physical axis (meaning that only Beautiful People need apply). For men, a configuration like that would tend to favor a Britney Spears or Ashlee Simpson over say a Judit Polgar or Barbara Liskov.
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Besides, I'm not really sure...
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