Consider the human ear for a moment. It is on par with a chimp's behind in strangeness. Why does it have all of those intricate flaps? Doesn't it look like it shouldn't be on a human?

If you are ever unreasonably attracted to someone who you'd rather not be, focus on their ears instead of their eyes. Do it as much as possible; afterwards you will probably be less attracted to them, or at least you will come to terms with their common human frailty. Or you may like them more if they have particularly nice ears.... Then I can't help you.

The ear, the ear, what makes you so dear? They are very useful organs and they are pretty good at keeping the rainwater out. And they are pretty good at capturing noises too. Those are probably some explanations for how strange they look.

But my deeper point is that once you pay more attention to the ear rather than the rest of the face, then you may begin to see the underlying animality in every human being. The ear is an emotionless organ in that it can't really physically express emotion like the eye brows or lips can. The communicative parts of our faces, as well as much of our bodies, have a kind of power over the human individual: they exude so much information to us, and they captivate our minds and senses so much, that they prevent us from seeing other important aspects of our fellow human beings that could otherwise be conveyed (especially if another intelligent species is looking at us).

The ear, perceived by itself, is clear evidence that we are still part of the "kingdom animalia." But of classifications and language (like "kingdom animalia"), I will pursue those as topics of deception in the near future.