This is the forth version of this, and I am still not at all happy with it. I always seem to be worried about offending people, so please do not be offended. That was not my intention.
Occasionally I come across people who say that they are have a physical attraction, or even kink, for intelligence. (apparently the word for this is sapiosexual). I have two main questions about this: How do you know if a person is intelligent or not? and are you sure? I originally wrote a much longer essay about why no one really knows who is and is not intelligent. After all intelligent people don’t have bigger or former or tighter body parts. Do they suddenly become more attractive at the point when there IQ is known? I apologise if I seem a little sarcastic, but isn't the point that 1: no one really knows what intelligence is and 2: Even if you did know you still could not see it.
My father was a genius. I did not know that until over forty years after he died. I am still not quite sure what he was a genies at (he studied dead languages, I think he was also very good at maths). He did not seem very intelligent. Actually he seemed a bit slow (which I know realise is possibly a sign of intelligence).
Actually I am quite intelligent. Not Mensa intelligent but clearly above average. (Somewhere there is a certificate that says what my IQ is, but I guess I am not quite intelligent enough to keep it in a place where I could find it).
If you still say that intelligence is attractive, then consider the following (please note that this is only my opinion. It is not from any resource):
- Intelligent people tend to be moody, bad tempered and to suffer from depression. Intelligent people are more likely to see the world as it really is, with all of its misery and suffering (OK they might see all the beauty and wonder as well, but still). This does not lead to a happy outlook on life.
They are likely to have health problems. It is quite well documented that depression weakens the amune system.
They can seem arrogant and argumentative. They are not necessarily being argumentative. They are just telling you what they know, but living with people who know more than you do can be hard work.
They annoy people without meaning to.
They can feel isolated, and get frustrated by a world where they are not understood.
