Why are Flowers Beautiful?

A fascinating talk by [[David Deutsch]] on the meaning of art and beauty.

beauty is objective, and the process of the artist discovering beauty is similar to the process of the scientist discovering truth
the opposite of beauty is not ugliness, but boringness
flowers are objectively beautiful because they need to signal attractiveness cross-species. The easiest way to signal across such a gap is to use objective standards of beauty (34:44)

Signalling across the gap between two humans is analogous to signalling across the gap between two entire species.

–Why Are Flowers Beautiful? (35:33)

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