On Beauty

Beauty is so subjective that it's impossible to define to an exact degree. I think most people can agree on whether a tree, landscape, object of art etc.. are beautiful. And to some degree a man or woman's physical beauty has some universality.
But not specifically. I read today about the concept of evaluating the beauty of people as in.... does your honey look as beautiful today as five years ago, The latest research confirms what we have always suspected. Whether that gorgeous girl or handsome man looks as good today as years ago is not the product of how much she or he has aged, but rather what the viewer has learned about she or him during those years.
Simply put scientists say (But can scientists evalaute subjectiev topics such as beauty?) that people we find physically gorgeous after first glances won't appear so sexy if negative traits start popping up. And on the other hand, the person we find average looking becomes gorgeous if we discover positives characteristics (even if age thrusts wrinkles onto their face).
That's the idea of results just published in the scientific journal of Evolution and Human Behavior. (I won't go into the specific way the study was conducted) This tends to negative the "love at first sight" syndrome, as a few months later the negative qualities of one you drool over initially may, in your eyes, turn him or her into an ugly mess. This is all the more reason that falling in love too fast can be dangerous (given that physical attraction is often on reason for instant attraction).
It also shows why women are so much wiser than me when selecting their love. They tend to discount looks in favor of other non physical traits that they see as beautiful. men are often stuck on... uh.. boobs, legs, a perfectly chiseled face or other physical attractions. But then , we men are inferior in beauty and in our limitedcapacity to reason.