User blog comment:AdmMiller/What's so great about Tali? And why do most dislike Miranda?/@comment-217683-20100718012928

Right... because as we all know, there are no such things as outliers, or exceptions to the rule. Everything has to be 100% or 0% in your world, eh ralok? Men (and women) are hardwired by birth, genes, whatev to be more attracted to certain things. It's one of the most basic precepts of science, and one I honestly can't believe you're questioning. Know why human babies are cute and helpless? Because we're hardwired to respond favorably to cute and helpless things.

No, they didn't run USB cords into people. That's just asinine. There is such a thing as instinct, and genetic memory, though, People know that fire is dangerous without having to be told. People know that they need to seek shelter to avoid freezing to death without being told. In ralok's world, everyone has to be told things before they have any sort of idea about them. This simply isn't true. Being attracted to women with ample hips and bosoms is NOT A CULTURAL NORM, it's been imprinted into humans, likely as a result of evolution. A culture bucking the trend and being attracted to obese women would be a cultural norm. Try learning about these terms before just throwing them out there, as their misuse is what I find really offensive.

Whether Miranda is beautiful or ugly is a matter of opinion. However, the majority opinion would seem to be that she is at least moderately attractive, as she was selected by BioWare to be the one who was genetically engineered to be beautiful. And she seems to be a very nice person. She's certainly one of my favorite squad members. But the fact remains, there are certain things that ARE hardwired into humans (don't believe me? Try asking an evolutionary biologist. I'm sure you'll get a similar response). And one of those is an attraction by men (generally speaking ralok, not an all or none thing like you want to make it) to shapely women.