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" But I just read the most disturbing article about mirrors. Apparently, scientific studies have shown that &amp;amp;quot;...people, on average...[form] a representation of their image that it is more attractive than they actually are.&amp;amp;quot; Now, how they are scientifically quantifying attractiveness is a bit of a mystery but they do explain it a little bit in the article: Participants in the study are asked to identify their own images on a &amp;amp;quot;lineup&amp;amp;quot; amid other faces and they are able to find themselves &amp;amp;quot;significantly quicker&amp;amp;quot; when their faces are computer enhanced/airbrushed. Now, if you&amp;#x27;re anything like me you&amp;#x27;ve probably outfitted your house with mirrors you find flattering and, hopefully, accurate. I have a full-length that I angle against a wall instead of hang as I&amp;#x27;m convinced it gives a more truthful impression that way. And I always get agro when I find myself in a store that has either &amp;amp;quot;skinny&amp;amp;quot; or &amp;amp;quot;fat&amp;amp;quot; mirrors--especially the skinny ones, which I deem to be a shameless sales tactic. But if this article is accurate, maybe I&amp;#x27;ve been the fool all along?! Egads. Thoughts? What&amp;#x27;s your relationship with your mirror? Do you think they lie? "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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