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It is possible by TL11 according to Biotech. In any case, there must be people at the appearance (very beautiful/handsome) level.
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07-17-2018, 12:59 PM | #42 | |
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The very top levels tend to be culturally and even personally subjective. I'd pick Marylin Monroe, just because she stands out above the rest in an era we can see well but not get swallowed up in the details of.
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07-17-2018, 01:47 PM | #43 |
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The former point of course doesn't establish that people at that level have ever existed historically.
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Jane Seymour (the actress) Grace Kelly Vera Lynn
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07-17-2018, 02:32 PM | #45 |
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By reputation, some choices are Semiramis, Helen, Cleopatra, Diane de Poitiers, and Ninon de l'Enclos (the five choices of Noctambule). Nefertiti also has a very high reputation. Of course these are all women; fewer stories are told of beautiful men. And this entirely omits women (and men) of East and South Asia and regions of the Earth without written records.
It's really hard to judge, though, because even those who were painted may have been enhanced by the painter's art. Addenda: Doing some looking around I find that the Daily Mail has an image claimed to be a reconstruction of Nefertiti from her mummy: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...Nefertiti.html .
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There are known genetic mutations which can give those possessing them much higher strength than a normal person, albeit usually with other medical problems.
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I'd call it an order of magnitude phenomena. Attractive appearance, at least for a young adult, might be about 1 in 10. Handsome/Beautiful might be about 1 in 100. Very Handsome/Beautiful might be 1 in 1,000. The same ratio might hold for unattractive or worse Appearance, although anything more than Ugly should probably be reserved for people who suffer from serious injuries or medical problems. |
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07-17-2018, 03:53 PM | #49 | |
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As for Nefertiti et al., consider that the population of the world was far smaller then, probably less than the current population of the United States. For any given level of pulchritudinousness. about 35-40 times as many women now have it as then. So a given level of beauty was probably rarer, even ignoring the benefits of modern medical care and diet.
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There were plenty of other actresses of her era (e.g., Elizabeth Taylor, Sophia Lauren) who were just as sexy, but they didn't have the same "charisma." In GURPS terms, I'd call that Very Beautiful plus levels of the Allure Talent. |
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