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Whoa, parents treat attractive children better, perhaps. (From boingboing.)
Seems logical. I'd be curious how this ties into socialisation and therefore social adeptness at later ages.

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Bzzzt zot crackle DOES NOT COMPUTE
(It is an overheard conversation about buying books. When I was in college I didn't buy too many (new) books either, but I would read them anyway, through borrowing or librarying. Or I would buy them used.)