Lily Hu

Yeah, I think that the reason for that is because there continues to be real material problems out in the world that motivate this science, in quotes. Like, we need to figure out problems in the world, right? And scientists are trying to pick up those questions. For example, what explains the fact that our prisons are full of Black people?

Someone might try to use their skills as a geneticist to try to answer this question. And there's always going to be an audience for that kind of an answer because it serves particular political interests.

Someone might try to use their skills as a geneticist to try to answer this question. And there's always going to be an audience for that kind of an answer because it serves particular political interests.

Someone might try to use their skills as a geneticist to try to answer this question. And there's always going to be an audience for that kind of an answer because it serves particular political interests.

And as long as that continues to be the case, as long as it continues to be the case that we live in a society riven with inequality, there's always going to be a contingent of people who say that the answer is in biology. The answer is not in society. The answer is not in politics. It's literally just in the bodies of these peoples themselves.

And as long as that continues to be the case, as long as it continues to be the case that we live in a society riven with inequality, there's always going to be a contingent of people who say that the answer is in biology. The answer is not in society. The answer is not in politics. It's literally just in the bodies of these peoples themselves.

And as long as that continues to be the case, as long as it continues to be the case that we live in a society riven with inequality, there's always going to be a contingent of people who say that the answer is in biology. The answer is not in society. The answer is not in politics. It's literally just in the bodies of these peoples themselves.

The core of transvestigation seems to be the idea that biology is destiny, and people can tell who you really are just by examining your face and your skull. If they do enough shots of your face at different angles, they'll find out some truth about you. So I think at a core, there's this disciplining, which says, you can't construct your identity. You can't construct your fate.

The core of transvestigation seems to be the idea that biology is destiny, and people can tell who you really are just by examining your face and your skull. If they do enough shots of your face at different angles, they'll find out some truth about you. So I think at a core, there's this disciplining, which says, you can't construct your identity. You can't construct your fate.

The core of transvestigation seems to be the idea that biology is destiny, and people can tell who you really are just by examining your face and your skull. If they do enough shots of your face at different angles, they'll find out some truth about you. So I think at a core, there's this disciplining, which says, you can't construct your identity. You can't construct your fate.

That's all biologically determined. And, you know, it's their job to police that and to enforce it as social reality.

That's all biologically determined. And, you know, it's their job to police that and to enforce it as social reality.

That's all biologically determined. And, you know, it's their job to police that and to enforce it as social reality.

That's just what the OG physiognomy people were doing in the 19th century. So Francis Galton, he's the father of eugenics. He was a huge physiognomy guy. He was so interested in what the camera could tell about people that he actually invented this photographing technique to be able to identify the criminal.

That's just what the OG physiognomy people were doing in the 19th century. So Francis Galton, he's the father of eugenics. He was a huge physiognomy guy. He was so interested in what the camera could tell about people that he actually invented this photographing technique to be able to identify the criminal.

That's just what the OG physiognomy people were doing in the 19th century. So Francis Galton, he's the father of eugenics. He was a huge physiognomy guy. He was so interested in what the camera could tell about people that he actually invented this photographing technique to be able to identify the criminal.

where he would do these composite photographs of different individuals, basically by overlaying photos of criminals on top of each other. He thought that that would bring out what the criminal attributes are, what the head of a criminal looks like or what the criminal nose looks like.

where he would do these composite photographs of different individuals, basically by overlaying photos of criminals on top of each other. He thought that that would bring out what the criminal attributes are, what the head of a criminal looks like or what the criminal nose looks like.

where he would do these composite photographs of different individuals, basically by overlaying photos of criminals on top of each other. He thought that that would bring out what the criminal attributes are, what the head of a criminal looks like or what the criminal nose looks like.

And it all sounds ridiculous, but of course, fast forward to the 21st century, we're not doing that much more of a sophisticated version of it. Where instead of a composite photograph, we're running those photos through some sort of complicated machine learning system. And that's just going to draw out these telltale features of that type of person. So whether that's a criminal type or a gay type.