Yeah, I'm sceptical too. PNAS is pretty legit though. I will check the original article later to see if nothing got lost in translation when making the simplified large-public piece...

south_korea_ln

I had to translate some parts to make sure I was reading correctly. I don't really believe this, there may be a statistical relationship but the faces evolving according to the name seems a bit far-fetched to me.

0xbitcoiner

science

> Key Facts:

> - Adults’ faces evolve to match their names due to social expectations.
> - Children’s faces do not show the same name-based similarities as adults.
> - The study used both human participants and machine learning to confirm findings.

I would not have speculated on this outcome...