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These images seem to be everywhere...
Revealed - perfect face for comedy
Scientists have blended the features of 20 top comics to come up with the perfect face for comedy.
They concluded a round face, small forehead and wide nose, with soft feminine features, is most likely to make us laugh.
And the researchers, from Stirling University, reckon Ricky Gervais has the closest fit.
Gervais pronounced himself "shocked" by the results of the survey.
He said: "All these years I assumed my global success as a comedian was down to my acute observations, expert directorial rendering and consummate skills as a performer - turns out it's because I've got a fat girly face."
The findings emerged from tests carried out by Dr Anthony Little, a researcher in psychology.
The academic ran 179 different pictures of Britain's top 20 comedians, all taken from different angles, through a computer.
They included Peter Kay, Billy Connolly, Eddie Izzard, Jack Dee, Steve Coogan, Jasper Carrott, Roy Chubby Brown, Jo Brand and Dawn French.
Dr Little said: "The characteristics of a feminine face imply that the person may be agreeable and co-operative, which can be causal in our first impressions of comedians as being friendly and funny.
"In the same way that infants are pre-programmed to respond to the warmth and approachability of a mother's face, soft, feminine features put us at ease and encourage us to relax." |
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These studies always make me laugh and feel a little awkward. As one who, as you know, likes to point out some of humanity's over-analysis, this seems like a perfect example.
These facial studies have been around for centuries, harkening back even to the early days of photography when positivism arose and made the attempt to classify "criminal types" in advance. The "other" the "poor" the "decreped" were all labeled extensively with the traits of their character.
I am not a believer that physical subtleties can constitute general success or failure (and I am not implying that any of us really does,) but there is a strange yearning in these studies to make an excuse for ones failure or success that is out of our control. That fate had more than a little to do with our lives. Think of pheramones. Perhaps a very true human feature, but also scary to some... the idea that even someones love choices belong to some ancient glad in one's brain that is as much a mystery to scientists as the bottom of the ocean or superstrings.
In the end I have a love/hate relationship with these studies. I love the absurdity and over the top research, but hate that we believe it sometimes.
Thanks Jeremias! I had too much coffee, so I had to ramble.
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These studies always make me laugh and feel a little awkward. As one who, as you know, likes to point out some of humanity's over-analysis, this seems like a perfect example.
These facial studies have been around for centuries, harkening back even to the early days of photography when positivism arose and made the attempt to classify "criminal types" in advance. The "other" the "poor" the "decreped" were all labeled extensively with the traits of their character.
I am not a believer that physical subtleties can constitute general success or failure (and I am not implying that any of us really does,) but there is a strange yearning in these studies to make an excuse for ones failure or success that is out of our control. That fate had more than a little to do with our lives. Think of pheramones. Perhaps a very true human feature, but also scary to some... the idea that even someones love choices belong to some ancient glad in one's brain that is as much a mystery to scientists as the bottom of the ocean or superstrings.
In the end I have a love/hate relationship with these studies. I love the absurdity and over the top research, but hate that we believe it sometimes.
Thanks Jeremias! I had too much coffee, so I had to ramble.