Political scientist James Fowler makes the connection between smiling profile pictures on Facebook and human evolution.
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I don't see any significance in clusters of people smiling.
Humans in general smile when taking a picture.
Most researches are going to be drawn to what ever it is they're looking for.
You can go on facebook right now & find individuals frowning & chances are they're not going to have many virtual friends. Therefore creating a false impression that the said individual is miserable & has no friends.
Maybe they just hate the fact that they've become part of something they were once against?
the3vilsix 1 year ago
Interesting,,, I wonder if my friends are smiling on facebook? Nice video series.
bilnye1 1 year ago
The NSF makes me smile!
FairCogent 1 year ago