Quote: (05-02-2014 12:14 PM)_DC_ Wrote:
I'd conjure a guess that social status/intelligence slightly negatively correlates with looks, so its not necessarily a good thing, just an observation.
Anybody have similar experiences? Id be fun to hear from someone who put on a lot of muscle in a relatively short time.
You can make evolutionary arguments that good looks should be *positively* correlated with social status. If intelligent high-status males preferentially mate with good looking females, and if both looks and intelligence/status have genetic components (and they do) then in theory, genes for high IQ and for good looks should come to be associated with each other.
Now I should add that at a *personal* level, this doesn't match my preferences. I tend to be more attracted to working class / lower social status girls, and I tend to go for the very obvious indicators of 'femininity' (nail polish, makeup, heavy perfume etc. all push my buttons). I'm also not attracted to the ethnic groups that dominate elite circles in America (Indians, East Asians and Jews) so that also plays into why elite girls generally don't do it for me.