Bob explains to X the alien what beauty is and how it’s measured (is it?). They get into a discussion about what is considered beautiful and what is the usefulness of beauty (if any). Is there math behind beauty? What is considered beautiful in Curio? These and many more questions are waiting for you, so join Bob and X in this beautiful discovery episode.

X is an alien that has chosen to do its PhD on "Habits and Behaviors of Multicellular Neural Pre-Enlightenment Organisms'', which includes humans. Bob is helping X with its PhD by answering its questions about human behavior, social norms, and culture.

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Sources:

History of Cosmetics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_cosmetics#:~:text=The%20first%20cosmetics%20appeared%205%2C000,antimony%2Dbased%20paint%20as%20eyeliner.

Eyeliners and Egyptian cosmetics: https://recipes.hypotheses.org/12837#:~:text=Religious%20Importance&text=Egyptians%20also%20exaggerated%20their%20eyes,Evil%20Eye%20(Tapsoba%20et%20al., https://www.cosmeticsinfo.org/get-the-facts/a-history-of-cosmetics-from-ancient-times/

Skin Color and Beauty Standards: https://thesciencesurvey.com/spotlight/2022/04/24/skin-color-and-beauty-standards-a-history/

Japanese White Teeth: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/did-you-know-medieval-japan-white-teeth-were-ugly-women-campagna/

Darwin and Wallace: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zwvpsg8/revision/1

Beauty in the Animal Kingdom: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/09/magazine/beauty-evolution-animal.html, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mate_choice

Major Histocompatibility Complex: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_histocompatibility_complex

The Golden Ratio: https://plus.maths.org/content/myths-maths-golden-ratio

Facial Symmetry and the Perception of Beauty: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/225775645_Facial_Symmetry_and_the_Perception_of_Beauty