I have seen it discussed why some folks find a person pretty or not. Sometimes it is very subtle. Something just clicks. It's generally something we can't put our finger on either. For instance, I'll watch someone say, "Oh she's amazing looking." I'll look and think, "Eh.."
The same sort of thing applies to trustworthiness. Beyond our conscious observances, there are little things we notice subliminally, that send messages to our perceptions center. Our perception is such that we don't trust someone. We don't always know why.
Enter Ted Cruz. I've seen a number of folks on the forum say they just don't trust the guy, and some of them attributed it to his look.
This morning there was a post on the forum about one of his campaign guys speaking out saying Ted couldn't win. There was a photo there that I found very interesting. At first it just reminded me of a deer in the headlights look. Either that or a look someone might make realizing a stark reality.
When I entered the thread and saw this photo, I had a very sharp reaction to it. I burst out laughing within a fraction of a second. I asked myself, why did I do that? So I started checking the photo out.
I searched on the internet until I found a large version of the photo. I blew it up. It turns out, even in the small version on the forum, I picked up on something subliminally that I wouldn't think I could see in the small version. Evidently I did.
I believe it has been proven that people can pick up on very small minutia in photos, and that minutia causes them to make snap decisions on trust, like, love, or kinsmen-ship. Can this person be trusted, a friend, a possible love interest?
I would urge you to look at this photo. I am posting it small. If you right click view, you'll see the full sized version and can even zoom in a little.
Check the angle of the nose. It's almost imperceptive, but it leans top left. Then notice the eyes. Although the face seems to be leaning top left due to the angle of the nose, the right eye is a bit lower than the left.
To confirm this I too the photo and pasted it in PC Paint.
I then drew a line at the bottom of the eyes across the screen. Sure enough, the right eye was lower than the left, despite the leftward lean of the nose.
So you place a vertical line up the nose leaning Left. You have a horizontal line going across that shows the right eye lower than the left.
Does this contribute to a perception that he is not trustworthy? Sounds crazy, but I do wonder. Is this something people are picking up on, but don't realize it?
Honestly I don't know. I just thought folks might find it interesting.
Just before I was ready to hit post with this, it occurred to me that this could actually be a tactic to make a guy look less trustworthy. If you doctored a photo just a little so someone wouldn't notice, could you instill mistrust in them due to the fictitious anomaly? Could this be a psyop tactic?
Enjoy...
