Are Symmetrical Faces More Attractive?

E.th.ph. makes a point that symmetry is actually terrifying. It is only beautiful in rare cases, mostly when we don't expect to find it, but suddenly do. But human faces and bodies need to be slightly asymmetrical to be attractive - otherwise the "uncanny valley" effect kicks in. Facial symmetry is good: http://www.faceresearch.org/students/... Facial symmetry is not so good: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... Facial symmetry is bad: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7644543/ Examples of mirrored celebrities: https://9gag.com/gag/aWZ3g0d Thanks to all the supporters on Patreon and PayPal. Donations are always appreciated. Patreon:   / philostopher   PayPal: https://paypal.me/philostopher https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted... Bitcoin: bc1qx8cdr5xx54zfmag7ytaehud5ml4xqxn8zm3qrw Chia: xch1wmaww47twnrdm77409uhtn3w7v8jy60j2xrpj0swy3sp99zm2ynqh0p8ch 00:00 Main point 00:36 Intro 02:07 Symmetry is terrifying 06:04 Human facial symmetry 10:14 My own asymmetry 12:18 Architecture 15:09 Conclusions