Look Attractive

This article in The Scotsman reports the findings of a behavioral study that shows some jurors decide guilt on the basis of appearance. Specifically, unattractive defendants were found guilty more often than attractive ones.

This is reason enough to try to look nice, as those same people are making emotional decisions about whom to hire, with whom to contract, etc. Most of us are aware of this at some level.

I remember my mother chose for whom to vote based in substantial part on whether candidates looked like good persons. Furthermore, she believed doing so made perfect sense. When I was young this irritated me no end; now I am less sure.