A genie appears before you and says you must choose to be very physically attractive, but slightly below average intelligence, or very intelligent, but slightly below average attractiveness? Which would you choose, and why?
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Smart, being beautiful would just get attention from boring people
But if you’re not smart then those would be your people.
I don’t want to be boring
I think being intelligent gets you better jobs and more money sooo 🤷
Ignorance is bliss, so I’ll take beauty. I just want to be happy.
Amen brother, beauty all the way
Being smart has only gotten me anxiety. I’ll go with attractiveness.
I am the most intelligent person I know. So naturally I would choose intelligence, because christ do I need perspective if that’s what I actually believe
I am definitely not the most intelligent person I know, but I’d put myself at well above average.
well, since I’m humble, I’d probably put myself at well above average + 1. Or +2.
You should put it as within 1 sigma/standard deviation. With high probability on positive deviation.
Nah, I’m at least 3 sigmas on a very (very) narrow curve, placing me at average+2
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average + 3 then for me, if I may be so humble
You might wanna check on Dunning-Kruger effect.
I am lucky enough to already be both, so I don’t have to choose, thank you very much.
Beauty I guess, intelligence doesn’t make a damn unless you’re brave, lucky, or born well
If I’m that smart maybe I can work out how to make myself beautiful too.
At a minimum you can work on charisma, and get fit and strong.
Beautiful. I’ve tried smart, it sucks.
Am already both so…
… I visit my therapist weekly to cope with my ongoing god complex?
Yes and no. Its every other week and it’s real difficult to overlook the kneeling
hey, even Gods have to pay rent. Chin up.
Chinning up is fine in moderation. Do it too much or too long and someone will slice your throat open
I’m an introvert so I’m going for very intelligent.
Appreciate the offer but no thanks.
Intelligence, easier to figure out how to improve my attractiveness and deal with complex problems in general than trying to get smarter.
if you’re beautiful you don’t need to be smart.
Beautiful but unintelligent people can make far more mistakes than intelligent but not beautiful people.
Smart… Looks good away but intelligence is forever.
intelligence goes away too, it just takes a bit longer
It’s lonely being intelligent. Maybe I’m just in the wrong social circles.
I like to read books at my construction job when we’re not busy. Yet none of my coworkers have read a book since early middle school, and they only skimmed it to half-ass a book report. I can’t talk to them about anything except work.
I’ve never been beautiful my whole life. I’d give myself a 4 out of 10, a little less than average. I never really cared about my looks, I haven’t worn makeup in ages.
I’d be interested in giving beauty a trial run, see if it suits me better than intelligence.
There are definitely intelligent people in the trade jobs, but the overall mindset is completely different, and a certain lack of soft skills that get developed in other types of careers.
