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Researchers at Tel Aviv University say they have successfully programmed a computer to recognize beauty in women. Rather than dreaming up abstract ideas of beauty, then trying to explain them to a computer, scientists had men and women evaluate faces for beauty without explaining their judgments. Reseachers then made geometric maps of each face, adding such variables as hair/eye color, skin smoothness, etc., and entered those into the program. Later, the computer was able to evaluate beauty “accurately” on other models. It was last seen putting off calculations by playing around on HotOrNot.com.