Smart, Funny, & Hot: Why some people have it all...
Written by Curtis Dunkel. Are some people smarter than others? If you’re on the side of the angels, you might respond that everyone has unique talents and abilities – that questions concerning greater and lesser intellectual ability are not only nonsensical, but ethically dubious. Yet if you live in the real world, you might respond with a “duh, of cours…
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2 years ago · 39 likes · 11 comments · Aporia
Yes, this is quite an interesting article!
I noticed this correlation as a young woman when I started working with executive scientists. I thought they would be brilliant at maths and science but monosyllabic in language but they were often, in fact, articulate, bilingual and outstanding writers too. I assumed from then on that highly intelligent people were just good at everything and it seems that was a fair observation!
A lot of "funny and hot" with men is self confidence. I've often found people who are called "smart" are just fast talkers and smooth with it. As for "good at everything" when it comes to school that's very rare in my experience, maybe 3 people in my A level group of 40.
Many of the "Smart, funny and hot" people switch to humanities which largely involves regurgitation or applying a learned set of rules, ask them to solve a problem or fix anything and they are clueless.
Of course "Better looking people get on better with other people at school" - Yes, due to sex and not intelligence.