I Stumbled Upon a web site about face research: Researchers Lisa DeBruine and Ben Jones are experimental psychologists working for the University of Aberdeen. On their web site, FaceResearch.org, you can test some of the computer tools they have developed including an intriguing application which allows you to create average faces from a number of source images – or even upload your own!

The photo above on the left shows an average-looking guy according to research done at the University of Aberdeen. The photo is not of a real person, it is simply the mathematical average of a large number of digitally combined faces. The one on the right, however, is of me.

The photos above show two representatives of the canine species. I argue that the difference between me and the average male human being is greater than that between a Chihuahua and a Bulldog.





Iannis Xenakis, son av Clearchos Xenakis og Photini Pavlou, vart fødd inn i den greske diasporaen på byrjinga av 1920-talet. Han var eldst av tre brør. Syskena, Cosmas og Jason vart høvesvis kunstmålar og filosofiprofessor. Faren var direktør i eit Engelskeigd import/eksport-firma og mora var pianist og snakka flytande engelsk og fransk. Historia fortel at det var mora som stod for det fyrste fatale feilgrepet: ho gav Iannis ei fløyte og oppmoda/muntra han til å studere musikk. Derifrå gjekk det berre nedover.
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