After reading one of your google links it reminded me of an occasion when I was at 'Confabulation' Eastercon in 1995 when, after a program item hosted by him, Bioligist, Jack Cohen just came up to me and said, "You know... you have a very symetrical face!" then just walked away before I could even respond. Well that was Jack!
I remember reading a Discover magazine article about "what was beautiful." Beautiful apparently equals symmetry - but only in the neutral face. They didn't say anything about expressions.
I think the asymmetrical smile is kinda charming, perhaps a bit neotonous. I don't think that's bad.
I don't think it's bad, and think it works in all the above cases. It just leapt out at me, and I was surprised that others didn't notice at all until it was pointed out.
Seems to be a nifty shortcut out of the uncanny valley.
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Evolution
Date: 2009-09-21 04:21 pm (UTC)Re: Evolution
Date: 2009-09-21 04:26 pm (UTC)Re: Evolution
Date: 2009-10-15 12:34 pm (UTC)I think the asymmetrical smile is kinda charming, perhaps a bit neotonous. I don't think that's bad.
Re: Evolution
Date: 2009-10-15 12:47 pm (UTC)Seems to be a nifty shortcut out of the uncanny valley.