@spatialweeb I think they're the emotional equivalent of optical illusion- playing w human instincts in ways that didn't exist for most of our history
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Reply · Nov 23, 2023@prerationalist nope but otoh i do think their instincts were better matched w their environmentReply · Jan 8, 2023@heyorson @BoomerInSpirit @ohnerako @schetty Are you sure about this? I feel like aesthetics are closer to instinctive behavior than conscious…Reply · Sep 16, 2023@spatialweeb @a_musingcat people yes, humans sometimes 🫶Reply · Aug 13, 2021@MichaelPSenger I'd agree if neurotypical humans were capable of calibrating emotional response according to statistical analysis.