Telemachus
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When people are discussing how common certain looks levels are, some people will say chads are literally 1 in 1000s, while others will say something ridiculous like 1 in 10. Why do you think the difference is so great? I have a couple thoughts why:
i) Location: Certain places are actually more attractive than others. Rural West Virginia probably has almost no chads while Copenhagen will have quite a few.
ii) Quick Judgments: People will quickly call someone they see for a few seconds that is good looking a "chad", even though if they actually got to analyze their face for longer it would be closer to a HTN. I did a quick scroll through hundreds of people's intro posts on an Instagram page for a university's class of 2026 and saw none.
iii) Memory Bias: People aren't really thinking about how many people they actually pass in a given day and are just estimating incorrectly. For example, I'm around 185cm in the US. I *always* notice if someone is taller than me, so they're more memorable. I'm giving less attention to dozens of people I'm passing by that are shorter.
Given all this, what do you estimate is the true proportion of HTNs, Chadlites, and Chads wherever you live?
i) Location: Certain places are actually more attractive than others. Rural West Virginia probably has almost no chads while Copenhagen will have quite a few.
ii) Quick Judgments: People will quickly call someone they see for a few seconds that is good looking a "chad", even though if they actually got to analyze their face for longer it would be closer to a HTN. I did a quick scroll through hundreds of people's intro posts on an Instagram page for a university's class of 2026 and saw none.
iii) Memory Bias: People aren't really thinking about how many people they actually pass in a given day and are just estimating incorrectly. For example, I'm around 185cm in the US. I *always* notice if someone is taller than me, so they're more memorable. I'm giving less attention to dozens of people I'm passing by that are shorter.
Given all this, what do you estimate is the true proportion of HTNs, Chadlites, and Chads wherever you live?