I watched Dan Dennett doing a talk called "Cute, Sexy, Sweet, Funny." It was basically about how people think they like something because it is either cute, sexy, sweet, or funny but that is wrong. He explained how people like chocolate cake because they think it is sweet, people like babies because they think they are cute, people like girls in a small amount of clothing because they think it is sexy, and people like jokes because they think they are funny. Then, he further explained that people do not like these things because they are cute, sexy, sweet, or funny but because they just like them. There is something in people's brains telling them that they like them. If all babies had deformed faces we would still say that they are cute and if all women were covered head to toe in hair people would still think they are sexy. These things are important to like and that is why people like them. They don't like them because they are cute, sexy, sweet, or funny. I found this talk very interesting. It definitely made me think about the things I find cute, sexy, sweet, and funny.
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