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>"Liking What You See: A Documentary" is a science fiction novelette by American writer Ted Chiang, published in the 2002 collection "Stories of Your Life and Others."

>Plot summary

The novelette examines the cultural effects of a noninvasive medical procedure that induces a visual agnosia toward physical beauty. The story is told as a series of interviews about a reversible procedure called calliagnosia, which eliminates a person's ability to perceive physical beauty. The story's central character is Tamera Lyons, a first-year student who grew up with calliagnosia but wants to experience life without it.

Story: https://waldyrious.neocities.org/ted_chiang/liking-what-you-...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liking_What_You_See:_A_Documen....


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