Gaydar is real…and real fast!
A recent study at Tufts University examined the ability of both men and women to discern the sexual orientation of men by looking at their picture for a very short time (less than a second!).
It turns out that people accurately determined sexual orientation about 60% of the time. I wonder what the pictures looked like exactly. Were there color cues? Feather boas?
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The article actually says that some of the students were as high as 70% and some only at about 55%, but doesn’t that still suggest a somewhat positive correlation beyond mere probability? If I was a little better at stats I’d ask them for their data set or the results of their chi squared test that attempts to explain for basic probability. I think the bigger issue here is their assertion that it could be an evolutionary skill. That could be a good thing…or a bad thing.