From Science of Us:
You know you're at least a little curious. And so was Vanessa Brown, a senior lecturer of art and design at Nottingham Trent University in the U.K. Her research focuses on the meaning we assign to commonplace, everyday objects, and in an academic book that's coming out early next year, she explores the cultural and psychological relationship between sunglasses and our modern idea of "cool." In an email to Science of Us, Brown explained what her research has uncovered about why most of us look better in shades.
Because they really do make your misshapen face look better. Put on a pair of sunglasses, and voilà - instant symmetry! The dark lenses cover up any asymmetrical oddities around your eyes, and research on facial attractiveness shows a clear link between symmetry and our perception of beauty.
As an added bonus, Brown pointed out, sunglasses provide a kind of scaffolding effect, imposing the appearance of an external, extra-chiseled bone structure on top of your relatively softer-featured face.
Two other detailed reasons are also given.
(Score: 0) by oldmac31310 on Wednesday July 09 2014, @06:25PM
This is just more bullshit 'research'. If Soylent News intends to keep going, then I think becoming more discerning in choice of stories to run is imperative. Fluff like this has no place anywhere.
(Score: 1) by NullPtr on Wednesday July 09 2014, @09:15PM
I was thinking the same thing. Might as well just stick with Slashdot if you're just gonna run this shit.
(Score: 3, Informative) by etherscythe on Wednesday July 09 2014, @09:42PM
As of current page load, there are 15 stories in the queue. The editors can only produce stories that have been submitted. If you want a better selection, you might try giving them a better variety to choose from.
I admit it's tough for me to follow my own advice on that, I've only submitted a few stories, but having seen the other stories in the list for consideration when I did, I think we're getting a pretty good mix.
"Fake News: anything reported outside of my own personally chosen echo chamber"