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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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.
I scored in the 90th percentile on the ASVAB and was in advanced classes in school, which I considered pretty easy, so that’s a good indicator of where I sit. But I have friends who make me feel stupid with their intellects.
average + 3 then for me, if I may be so humble
You should put it as within 1 sigma/standard deviation. With high probability on positive deviation.
You might wanna check on Dunning-Kruger effect.
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
Smarts.
Beautiful.
I’m currently neither. Since I’m already used to not being intelligent, I’d go with being beautiful. Then I could always work to increase my intelligence if I wanted.
Ignorance is bliss.
i’m already dumb and cute, take a hike genie
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 both already I would tell said genie to take a hike.
Pwnt
Smart with a top 1% cock.
The genie does not honor your second wish.
Then smart would be my preference.
Only dudes and weird chicks online seem to care about this metric lol
And yet, when surveyed, women express a definite preference. (lol, am I doing this right?)
Smart. Pretty, dumb people get taken advantage of. Besides, I’m already unattractive, might as well give me something after making me go through high school 😒
Smart… Looks good away but intelligence is forever.
intelligence goes away too, it just takes a bit longer
What is the definition of ‘beautiful’, here? Do I get to decide, or is it up to the genie’s interpretation?
It will be what the majority of society considers beautiful. So you know, like young Brad Pitt, or young Angelina Jolie, or Jason Momoa, or Gal Gadot, or whomever you consider to be attractive. But! You wouldn’t be Brad Pitt because it says slightly above average attractiveness. So you would be the guy that everyone asks if you’ve ever been told that you kind of look like Brad Pitt.
That’s not a very specific definition, innit? I looked these folks up, and didn’t exactly spot any obvious similarities among them, though maybe that’s just me. I mean, are people gonna see me and be maybe slightly reminded of Jason Momoa but in a dollar store knockoff version, or am I gonna maybe sorta make people unconsciouly be thinking “hmmm… they remind me of someone. I just can’t pinpoint who exactly”, unaware that they’re in fact thinking of Gal Gadot? Cause those are different paths. I mean, what does that even imply? Slightly bigger, a wee bit more muscular, 5 ³⁄₇ pack? Or do I thin out ever so slightly, with a milimiter larger butt or something? So many ways one could change, appearance-wise
I am lucky enough to already be both, so I don’t have to choose, thank you very much.
There are other variables the genie leaves wildcard.
Suppose I’m already very intelligent and attractive (and modest), except I’m also a wimp, myopic, have weird metabolism, autistic and with bipolar.
