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 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.
Being smart has only gotten me anxiety. I’ll go with attractiveness.
Ignorance is bliss, so I’ll take beauty. I just want to be happy.
Amen brother, beauty all the way
Why am I forced to downgrade if it’s a genie wish?
Sometimes it do be like that.
It’s an ifrit
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.
I am lucky enough to already be both, so I don’t have to choose, thank you very much.
Beautiful. I’ve tried smart, it sucks.
Smart… Looks good away but intelligence is forever.
intelligence goes away too, it just takes a bit longer
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.
I’m an introvert so I’m going for very intelligent.
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
Intelligence, easier to figure out how to improve my attractiveness and deal with complex problems in general than trying to get smarter.
Appreciate the offer but no thanks.
Smarter.
But I feel like I already have both. At the same time I feel like I have nothing od them both.
Especially because only a selection tells me that I look very attractive. I get more compliments from males when I dress like a female for Halloween while I am hetero. But mostly I feel like its not true because many people just accept my presents. But maybe they only accept me because I dont look unattractive.
So choosing attractiveness leads to better social connections which I rely on.
The intelligence… I feel dumb as fuck often times because simple tasks are difficult for me or getting a focus in general. But I get compliments of being smart as fuck, especially when they see how many peogramming languages I can write in or see the projects I created or I was creative on.
Still, I guess this is the sideproduct of being too intelligent. That being too intelligent with Asberger and ADHD results into not being able to do simple tasks. I feel like the word “dumb” is just a question of perspective, because i am dumb in too many simple things, except its about a topic I love like Computers, electronics or Math sometimes.
So the question arrises. When I choose being intelligent. Would I be able to be Intelligent in tasks which people with lower IQ (I guess dumb?) can easily master? And at the same time also in tasks which only people with higher IQ can master? (Idk my IQ btw, could be both high or low. I really dont know)
Also, would I be able to still connect with people with the intelligence because I would have a high Empathic Intelligence? I noticed that the Higher the IQ of someone is, the lower their EQ will be. Making them a bit Egoistic and unhandsome.
Its a complex topic with many questions
