Are smart people attractive?

[Et3rnalLegend64]

So guys (and girls). Are smart people attractive to you or do you not like it that way? (too "geeky" or something?) Would you rather go out with someone who looks really good instead but may not be all that bright? (can't we just have both?) Does it depend on if you're talking with some stranger or an old friend that you like? Which would you fall for?
Note: This is pertaining to someone that you'd actually want to go out with, not a one-night-stand or anything like that.

Edit: Another little note. Probably think about this in the sense that they are notably smart or good looking as your first and/or lasting impression of them. Not really in the sense that it slowly dawns on you if they're one or the other. If you gradually start to think your friend looks good, you're probably falling for them anyway.

 

[Baby Tea]

Attractive? Well...sort of?
Let me phrase my answer thusly: Stupid people are very very unattractive.

 

[eatenbyagrue]

Well, yes. Granted, I'm also the resident smart guy in my major, and the women do not seem to be jumping my bones (although that could just be my imagination).

But yeah, smart babes are HOT.

 

[BootheSquirrel]

Not if they're ugly

 

[Evilbunny]

I'd rather have a smart ugly girl than a smoking hot dumb one. Science and surgery can make an ugly person beautiful. You can't fix stupid.

 

[Major_Sam]

I do find brains attractive but not when that is all they have. Smartarses that correct you for everything little thing you spelt or said, such as saying things like "Thats not blue, thats teal", is very very unattractive.

 

[Godavari]

I would never date an airhead. I want a girl at about my level of intelligence.

 

[DeadlyYellow]

You can't fix stupid.

I'm sticking with this as my key phrase for this topic.

Well played Sir.

 

[Florion]

Depends what kind of smart (Multiple intelligences is real!). Sheer brainpower is very attractive because bright people tend to be wittier and able to react quickly. People who are good at talking but don't actually know anything are annoying; people who are good with logic but not with people are also annoying.

Edit: Actually, have you noticed that intelligent people are more sensitive too? People who aren't smart enough to understand you have a hard time consoling you when you're down.

 

[Et3rnalLegend64]

I do find brains attractive but not when that is all they have. Smartarses that correct you for everything little thing you spelt or said, such as saying things like "Thats not blue, thats teal", is very very unattractive.

I don't really mean a know-it-all, just a reasonably above normal intelligent person. I should probably clarify a few things, shouldn't I?

 

[stone0042]

Attractive smart people are attractive.

Yes, that would make sense... but i do agree.

 

[Alpha Centauri]

I like smarts, but then again, its what takes my fancy, I like someone because I like 'em, can really control it. sometimes some wonder why they like that person.

 

[MajoraPersona]

I once read that women who go to college or university are more likely to have orgasms.

And I honestly didn't see any alternative to 'smart = better sex' until a month ago.

 

[RavingPenguin]

Attractive smart people are attractive.

Well phrased. However, I'd like to add a bit. Intelligence can make up for a persons physical short comings, but only by a bit. Contrary though, stupid people ruin good looks every time.

 

[PxDn Ninja]

As shallow is it might sound, I put these two into separate but equal categories. Attractive people are attractive, and smart people are smart. I have quite a few attractive friends who I would never date because they aren't very intelligent (fun to hang out with, but sometimes the light is on with no one home), and other friends of mine are smart as hell, but just not attractive to me.

That being said, I don't have some supermodel requirement list for what I consider attractive.

 

[Random Argument Man]

An old friend told me a saying about this. Most prefer to be beautiful than smart. Because there's more idiots than blinds.