Poll: Would you trade intelligence for attractiveness?

[Binerexis]

I would probably consider it if I was in a really 'low self-esteem place' but only if I could choose what knowledge/intelligence to use. I spent three years studying Japanese, if I suddenly lost all of that I'd be pissed.

 

[jyork89]

A lot of people here are claiming to be intelligent and smart. I'll just leave this here... http://nedmartin.org/amused/men-and-women
I rest my case.
As for the poll. It's tricky because there are a lot of attractive dumb people in positions of power while there are a lot of highly intelligent people who are happy to limit their contribution to society to bragging that they are in Mensa.
I would rather be attractive and successful than intelligent and a basement dweller whose greatest achievement was bragging to anon's how he/she was in Mensa.

 

[Escapefromwhatever]

Meh, I look good enough already.

 

[epikAXE]

No...bud i wish i could do the opposite

 

[Eclectic Dreck]

Not really. I'm attractive enough to get the job done. Sure being prettier would make a shocking number of things easier, but I think I get more enjoyment out of being relatively intelligent than I would if life were simply easier to succeed in.

 

[Jabberwock xeno]

What do you mean by intellgence?

It's a broad term, really.

abillity to comprehend abstract though? Basic in school grades intellgence? IQ? emotional wisdom?

 

[Lionsfan]

I would have to say no. I'm fairly good looking now so I wouldn't want to give up my intelligence to get better looking. If I lost some weight and put on a little muscle I think that I would be fine

 

[FuktLogik]

Not a bloody chance. I like the knowledge and smugness that makes me me, and I'm fairly good looking anyway.

 

[Kortney]

Why does this poll assume we have intelligence? Can we trade the other way around?

 

[Restoshamankk]

I have both, what's there to trade?

 

[Ace of Spades]

You can fake being attractive, but there's no way to create intelligence out of thin air, so no. I'm content with being a plain-looking intellectual.

 

[Chaos scorch NL]

I think it's importatant to stay yourself

 

[Warmoon]

Not at all. Intellligence has some personality atleast

 

[The Man With the Soap]

No, since I can have both. And I'm getting there, just gotta wait for the snow to melt so I can start running again...

You don't have to wait for the snow to melt to run. I do my six mile run twice a week, rain or shine.

That being said, I value my intellect to much to trade it for something as arbitrary as "good looks." It's all in the eye of the beholder. Besides, I've been told that I'm fairly attractive already. Also, I don't much care to attract people, as I don't much care for them as it is.

 

[Scarim Coral]

Do I want the extra attention? I think not! The extra attention will be pointless since those people care for my look not for my personality.

 

[coldshadow]

this question is assuming that I am not already a good bit attractive? cause I tell ya, Ive had to fight em off a few times before

 

[Nerd in Training]

Even though I'm exceedingly unattractive(in my opinion, anyway), I'd still decline. I'm much more intelligent than average, and I'd like to keep it that way.

 

[Zaverexus]

No thanks. If someone doesn't like how I look, too bad for them, I'll stay the way I am

 

[UsefulPlayer 1]

I'd keep my intelligence because of pride. But if you were to ask me if I honestly thought I would be happier if I had gone with the deal then...I don't know.

Some parts of me do think that looking a bit better would make me happier, more so then the marginal intelligence that basically cost me attractiveness not going through with the deal.