New theory of harmony
- There is considerable debate regarding the topic of harmony in determining facial attractiveness, with some questioning its existence (me) or relevance as a key factor (me). The role of "facial averageness" in attractiveness is under the question too, (because if true in its raw form then in simple terms it means that MTN technically mogs CHAD, which is absurd).
- While I do not claim to define "the absolute meaning of harmony". I've made an interesting observation, unlike the current understanding (0) and use of the term "harmony" (commonly as an argument to delude users into believing in their random point of view without any actual reasoning behind).
- Regular harmony (like balance, unity, and coherence, NOT muh facial harmony).
- Facial averageness.
- This theory of harmony exhibits qualities similar to those of an emergent property. Whereas systems such as the PSL (or any other rating systems) evaluate attractiveness based on the sum of individual ratings of facial features and their relative "weights" (or even worse the unreasonable use of the standard "harmony" I mentioned earlier), dastan harmony goes 5 steps further. It's determined by the congruence of individual feature ratings in relation to the overall average total facial attractiveness rating of a person (relative facial averageness aspect).
- Example:
- Practical implications:
- Other interesting insight:
Defining harmony as emergence parameter
It explains and emerges from two VAGUE concepts (until now):
Consider two HTNs (same PSL rating). The first has low harmony, characterized by facial features with disparate ratings: for example, 4/10 for the eye area, 8/10 for the lower third of the face, 6/10 for facial leanness, 5/10 for the nose, 9/10 for the neck, and 3/10 for the eyebrows. In contrast, the second individual demonstrates higher harmony, with more consistent feature ratings: 6/10 for the eye area, 5/10 for the lower third, and 6/10 for facial leanness and etc. Basically second one (with higher harmony) mogs the other one.
According to my theory, the individual with higher harmony will be perceived as significantly more attractive, even though his total rating is equivalent to that of the low-harmony individual. The reason for this lies in the higher threshold for low-rated features in the harmonious individual, leading to a perception of greater flawlessness, rather than necessarily being seen as more attractive. Conversely, excessive fluctuations in ratings of certain facial features absorbs all the attention to flaws (low relative ratings) and impacts the total rating greater than just the relative "weight" of that particular facial feature to other facial features (like for example even if an x feature isn't that important in absolute terms, its relative low rating (to total facial rating) becomes really important).
The lower your certain facial features ratings (flaws) the more relative negative "weight" they gain (actually over the imaginable limits) in total facial rating.