what is that in our mind that makes a judgement consiously or subconsiously based on a name without even seeing them.

why do people assume that some chick with a name like alisha is hot, and lets say mayadevi is not.

Any psycologist here ?

THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND

"The subconscious mind consists of a field of consciousness,
in which every impulse of thought that reaches the conscious mind
through any of the five senses, is classified and recorded, and
from which thoughts may be recalled or withdrawn as
letters may be taken from a filing cabinet.

It receives and files sense impressions or thoughts, regardless of
their nature. You may voluntarily plant in your subconscious mind
any plan, thought, or purpose which you desire to translate into
its physical or monetary equivalent.

The subconscious acts first on the dominating desires which have been
mixed with emotional feeling, such as faith. The subconscious mind
works day and night...Through a method of procedure, unknown to man,
the subconscious mind draws upon the forces of Infinite Intelligence
for the power with which it voluntarily transmutes one's desires into
their physical equivalent, making use always of the most practical
media by which this end may be accomplished...

Remember that the subconscious mind may be voluntarily directed only
through habit...Your subconscious mind functions voluntarily,
whether you make any effort or not. This, naturally, suggests to you
that thoughts of fear and poverty, and all negative thoughts serve as
stimuli to your subconscious mind, unless you master these impulses and
give it more desirable food upon which it may feed...

If you fail to plant desires in your subconscious mind, it will feed upon
the thoughts which reach it as the result of your neglect...For the
present, it is sufficient if you remember that you are living daily, in
the midst of all manner of thought impulses which are reaching your
subconscious mind, without your knowledge. Some of these impulses are
negative, some are positive. You are now engaged in trying to help shut
off the flow of negative impulses, and to aid in voluntarily
influencing your subconscious mind, through positive impulses of desire.
When you achieve this, you will possess the key ..

from NH

i hope you would extract some reasons

AN