Important Research
The
Cranky Old Man blog shutdown has temporarily been reinstated due to shit I just
can’t believe and must comment.
During these
painful virus shutdown days, days of illness, depression and death, I read an
article about some very important research at a respected university.
While some
of our most intelligent people are working to develop a vaccine to cure
Covid-19; while some are fighting to find therapeutics to treat those with
Covid-19, Temple University is studying the effects of a face mask and the
attraction of one’s face.
The Temple
University's College of Public Health and the Center for Human Appearance at
the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine has found
in a small study that a surgical face mask actually increases the attractiveness
of both the male and female face.
(Apparently more study is needed on the attractiveness of gender-neutral
faces.)
This study
result is both interesting and disturbing to me.
Interesting
that a surgical mask would make a person’s face more attractive. Personally. the face mask is a bit off-putting
to me.
It may
be attractive in a weird nurse-fantasy kind of way, but mostly I prefer to see a
person’s face. That’s just me, the study
by the Temple University's College of Public Health
and the Center for Human Appearance at the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman
School of Medicine says otherwise.
So that is interesting.
What is
disturbing is that there is even a Temple University's College of Public Health
and the Center for Human Appearance at the University of Pennsylvania's
Perelman School of Medicine.
Who goes
through four years of undergraduate school, three years in medical school so
they can do research for a Center for Human Appearance?
“So, after 7 years of school and hard work, what do you want
to do with your superior intellect and education?
“I am going to join the "Center for Human Appearance" and
research what makes a person more or less attractive. I particularly wish to study the effect of a
surgical face mask and perceived attractiveness.”
“Well. That seems like a worthwhile study after a 7-year
investment of time and work. What will
you do with the result of such a study?”
“Ah, well, we will release the result of the mask study so
that people can…er…decide…um…I don’t know.
Wait, the fact that the mask makes one more attractive will convince
everyone to wear a mask and thus help defeat Covid-19 and save the world!”
I feel
better now.
Keep up
the good work Temple University's College of Public Health and the Center for
Human Appearance at the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine.
