online dating works against evolution?
ok bunnies, this is something that has been intriguing me for quite a while.
you know how internet has changed the way people meet and hook up? sure, there were penpals and shit even before the net, but nothing in the scale that online dating/chatting/shit is today.
what i find interesting is the way it works against evolution.
irl, we notice a person according to their looks. as shallow as that is, the reason for it is quite logical. even when looking for a one night shag, we use the same hunting system that is developed to serve us in reproduction.
what we find attractive is of course partly brainwashed by the media, but still, part of it is hardcoded in us.
we look at the face first. it has been tested that most people find a symmetric face the sexiest. it's logical that we are interested in the face, since it's the most difficult and delicate part of us to 'built'. any 'mistakes' that our genes may have, are quite likely to show in the face. we are attracted to the symmetric features because they spell good genes. right?
another thing that is dismissed when logging on, is the smell. after getting interested on how someone looks, we move closer and are able to smell the person. this is something that happens almost entirely subconsciously, but we are attracted to people by the way they smell. we send out a sum of our immune system in the way we smell. and in others we of course are looking for the person who's smell is most different from us, to provide a more wholesome immune system for the potential offspring.
this is of course only a couple of lil things picked out from a very complex system, but these are the two things that i find most interesting. and these are the things that are the first ones to go down the drain when logging on.
of course most of the internet services also provide us with pictures, but as we all know, those pictures only tell part of the truth.
online, we meet these created personalities. after logon, sam simple turns into harry hustler just as wilma wallflower turns into marla maneater. suddenly the traumatic acne that has caused sam to become the shy recluse he is, is magically wiped away in photoshop. single mum wilma is suddenly the newborn white trash pamela anderson, thanks to a well chosen camera angle and a push up bra.
but is it necessarily a bad thing? couldn't tell you mate. i guess it's only fair if sam and wilma can have some fun too. even if only online.
tho i reckon i'll still sniff my boys out from the crowd irl.
you know how internet has changed the way people meet and hook up? sure, there were penpals and shit even before the net, but nothing in the scale that online dating/chatting/shit is today.
what i find interesting is the way it works against evolution.
irl, we notice a person according to their looks. as shallow as that is, the reason for it is quite logical. even when looking for a one night shag, we use the same hunting system that is developed to serve us in reproduction.
what we find attractive is of course partly brainwashed by the media, but still, part of it is hardcoded in us.
we look at the face first. it has been tested that most people find a symmetric face the sexiest. it's logical that we are interested in the face, since it's the most difficult and delicate part of us to 'built'. any 'mistakes' that our genes may have, are quite likely to show in the face. we are attracted to the symmetric features because they spell good genes. right?
another thing that is dismissed when logging on, is the smell. after getting interested on how someone looks, we move closer and are able to smell the person. this is something that happens almost entirely subconsciously, but we are attracted to people by the way they smell. we send out a sum of our immune system in the way we smell. and in others we of course are looking for the person who's smell is most different from us, to provide a more wholesome immune system for the potential offspring.
this is of course only a couple of lil things picked out from a very complex system, but these are the two things that i find most interesting. and these are the things that are the first ones to go down the drain when logging on.
of course most of the internet services also provide us with pictures, but as we all know, those pictures only tell part of the truth.
online, we meet these created personalities. after logon, sam simple turns into harry hustler just as wilma wallflower turns into marla maneater. suddenly the traumatic acne that has caused sam to become the shy recluse he is, is magically wiped away in photoshop. single mum wilma is suddenly the newborn white trash pamela anderson, thanks to a well chosen camera angle and a push up bra.
but is it necessarily a bad thing? couldn't tell you mate. i guess it's only fair if sam and wilma can have some fun too. even if only online.
tho i reckon i'll still sniff my boys out from the crowd irl.
1 comment:
Let's face it. Brad Pitt is hardly likely to troll the Internet in an attempt to pick up a 'Wilma'. The only one likely to hook up with Wilma will be of 'Sam' like quality.
I enjoy having a good sniff and will continue to do so.
Kiwi.
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