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
My intelligence makes me depressed, so beautiful.
As someone with below average intelligence I can tell you it really doesn’t. Trust me, having a low intelligence doesn’t make your life easier it just makes it harder and puts you at a massive disadvantage. It’s the most soul crushing experience there is. You can become beautiful but intelligence is forever, be thankful for what you’ve got.
I am lucky enough to already be both, so I don’t have to choose, thank you very much.
Why am I forced to downgrade if it’s a genie wish?
Sometimes it do be like that.
It’s an ifrit
Ignorance is bliss, so I’ll take beauty. I just want to be happy.
Amen brother, beauty all the way
If I’m very smart, I could just use my intelligence to make money and then get beauty surgery.
That’s not how any of that works.
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.
Attractive, it’s wild how people are more likely to help you in either small or greater acts or be willing to overlook some of your flaws.
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.
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
Sounds like an anime title…
genuinely, what is with the obsession with long winded anime titles these days?
“I died and went to heaven and all I got was this slime”
Appreciate the offer but no thanks.
Beautiful. I’ve tried smart, it sucks.
Honestly, according to IQ tests, I’m already in the 95th+ percentile for intelligence. I’m also on the autism spectrum, and just got diagnosed with severe ADHD late last year. I’ve accomplished fuck-all by being smart, and it’s mostly made me depressed. I’d pick being slightly dumb, but hot.
What IQ is the 95th percentile?
Edit: huh, if this chart is accurate then I’m in the 99th percentile based on the score I have repeatedly received from multiple tests. This can’t be right. I’m not that smart!
I’m officially in the 99th+ percentile, but IIRC your score gets less accurate the farther you deviate from the mean. And a high reasoning ability is absolutely no predictor of success in life.
Plus, I feel like a douchebag when I say shit like, “oh, my IQ is 140…” as if that’s some kind of achievement or worth something all on it’s own.
Right? I never talk about it unless someone else brings it up first and doesn’t have an embarrassing score. LOL. I have a friend who took the test when we were in high school, and was bragging about how he got a 98. He wasn’t smart enough to realize that’s not a good score. The rest of us were like “oooh, that’s greeeeat!”.
Intelligence, easier to figure out how to improve my attractiveness and deal with complex problems in general than trying to get smarter.
