This reporting by Kyle Wiggers at VentureBeat is quite good, setting the junk science that Kosinski persists in producing (and @nature 's Scientific Reports bewilderingly saw fit to publish) in appropriate context.

venturebeat.com/2021/01/11/out…

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Some infuriating pull quotes: “Some of physiognomists’ claims may have been correct, perhaps by a mere accident.”

So, yeah, Kosinski et al are squarely in the business of trying to prove discredited pseudoscience.

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Plus the claim that they are somehow helping protect the public from the privacy implications of face recognition technology ... by purporting to show that digital physiognomy works?

Makes no sense. But do read the VentureBeat article for good takes by Todorov and Keyes. >>

And if you find yourself thinking 'who knows, maybe Kosinski has a point?' then you definitely need to read this excellent piece by Blaise Aguera
MMitchell and Todorov:

medium.com/@blaisea/physi…

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Blaise Aguera MMitchell And meanwhile, who the hell is reviewing for @nature ? 'rigorously peer-reviewed' can hardly describe this dumpster fire.