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Beautiful people don't just get all the breaks, scientists say they're likely smarter than most people, too.

A study in England conducted by researchers at the London School of Economics found that attractive men and women generally have higher IQs.

"Physical attractiveness is significantly positively associated with general intelligence," said LSE lead researcher Satoshi Kanazawa, in the latest issue of the journal Intelligence.

The study indicated attractive men have IQs that are 13.6 points above the average, while beautiful women are 11.4 points higher than average.

Since intelligent men are more inclined to achieve more success, they are "more likely to marry beautiful women," Kanazawa said. "Given that both intelligence and physical attractiveness are highly heritable, there should be a positive correlation between intelligence and physical attractiveness in the children's generation."

The study included 52,000 people from both the United Kingdom and United States.

However, Kanazawa insists this should not be considered justification for believing beautiful people are better than everyone else.

"Our contention that beautiful people are more intelligent is purely scientific," he said. "It is not a prescription for how to treat or judge others."

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Suck on that fatty

We smart beautiful people already knew this, duh GabonX.

It make sense to me

Tisha wrote:We smart beautiful people already knew this, duh GabonX.

no wonder you are so much smarter than am!!!!!

Tisha wrote:We smart beautiful people already knew this, duh GabonX.

Tisha wrote:We smart beautiful people already knew this, duh GabonX.

Oh yeah, and pics or gtfo

makes sense that there would be a trend of inheritance in evolution that favors intelligence and attractiveness. survival of the sexiest!

^ Something like that.


In my opinion, a person with average attributes can make themselves reasonably good looking by following a good diet, working out moderately, and exhibiting a decent sense of style. Some people do have striking features that stand out, but I think a bigger part of physical beauty is knowing how to carry yourself in a society.

That's where the intelligence factor kicks in...

john9blue wrote:survival of the sexiest!

Politically incorrect truth #3451
-- A beautiful woman won't go hungry...

I could see this being true for general IQ, but for math/science, I definitely think the opposite is true. Like, if someone has a high math/science intelligence compared to other subjects, they start looking like this:

WHERE THE HELL DID YOU GET THA

i mean, who is that? lol what a nerd

How did they measure attractiveness?

MeDeFe wrote:How did they measure attractiveness?

They cut them open and compare their intestinal tract to that of Cleopatra. And they also see how "excited" thegreekdog gets.

Damn, I thought I was special.

MeDeFe wrote:How did they measure attractiveness?

You can tell the beautiful people form the ugly people because the ugly people ask questions like this. Sorry MeDeFe, you're an exception to this thread. You may be smart, but you're as ugly as john9blue saxitoxin

Victor Sullivan wrote:

MeDeFe wrote:How did they measure attractiveness?

They cut them open and compare their intestinal tract to that of Cleopatra. And they also see how "excited" thegreekdog gets.

Show me that intestine baby. Is that your pancreas? Oh yeah baby...

Army of GOD wrote:I could see this being true for general IQ, but for math/science, I definitely think the opposite is true. Like, if someone has a high math/science intelligence compared to other subjects, they start looking like this:

There are exceptions to any rule. My guess is that if this guy really is smart, he'll clean up at some point when he's trying to find a mate. That or he'll be one of those socially inept (is social savant a condition?) individuals that totally disregards social conventions in order to figure how to, say, split the atom with maximum efficiency...

Still, there are a lot of people out there who are ugly largely because they're stupid.

IE fat people..

Idk. I go to an engineering school and I'd say there are more ugly people than beautiful people.

Army of GOD wrote:

MeDeFe wrote:How did they measure attractiveness?

You can tell the beautiful people form the ugly people because the ugly people ask questions like this. Sorry MeDeFe, you're an exception to this thread. You may be smart, but you're as ugly as john9blue saxitoxin

LOL bro - Swiss Tony is the looks in my clan, I'm the brains. That's why we're such good bros. I drive the car, he flexes his pecks out the window in the direction of the girls at the In 'n Out.

Army of GOD wrote:Idk. I go to an engineering school and I'd say there are more ugly people than beautiful people.

Same here. Also, a severe lack of women

maasman wrote:

Army of GOD wrote:Idk. I go to an engineering school and I'd say there are more ugly people than beautiful people.

Same here. Also, a severe lack of women

Bros, let's put the brakes on this thread with this post. I can see it taking a turn for the worse and ending with a "one weekend my roommate and I were really drunk ... " story.

THE THREAD IS CLOSED.

I started off as an engineering major and I thought there weren't enough girls... then I switched to Computer Science. You engineering kids don't know how good you have it.

There were like 2 decent-looking girls in the whole engineering faculty of my university.

john9blue wrote:I started off as an engineering major and I thought there weren't enough girls... then I switched to Computer Science. You engineering kids don't know how good you have it.

In my grade, there is ONE other Physics major (f*ck engineering). Though I don't share the same characteristics as the other physics majors.

saxitoxin wrote:

maasman wrote:

Army of GOD wrote:Idk. I go to an engineering school and I'd say there are more ugly people than beautiful people.

Same here. Also, a severe lack of women

Bros, let's put the brakes on this thread with this post. I can see it taking a turn for the worse and ending with a "one weekend my roommate and I were really drunk ... " story.

THE THREAD IS CLOSED.

I would think a "This lane ends - Merge left" sign or a "Cattle Xing" sign would be more appropriate.

saxitoxin wrote:

maasman wrote:

Army of GOD wrote:Idk. I go to an engineering school and I'd say there are more ugly people than beautiful people.

Same here. Also, a severe lack of women

Bros, let's put the brakes on this thread with this post. I can see it taking a turn for the worse and ending with a "one weekend my roommate and I were really drunk ... " story.

THE THREAD IS CLOSED.

Unlike you saxi, I haven't had any of these "experiences."