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Beautiful men, women are more likely to be smarter with high IQs, too: study
nydailynews.com ^ | Jsnusry 16, 2011 | Michael Sheridan

Posted on 01/17/2011 5:52:26 AM PST by ilovesarah2012

Beautiful people don't just get all the breaks, scientists say they're likely smarter than most people, too.

A study in England conducted by researchers at the London School of Economics found that attractive men and women generally have higher IQs.

"Physical attractiveness is significantly positively associated with general intelligence," said LSE lead researcher Satoshi Kanazawa, in the latest issue of the journal, Intelligence.

The study indicated attractive men have IQs that are 13.6 points above the average, while beautiful women are 11.4 points higher than average.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: beauty; iq; psychology
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To: ApplegateRanch

obviously the author never attended a Mensa meeting.


101 posted on 01/17/2011 12:51:28 PM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: Reeses

In all seriousness, does the congressional health plan cover plastic surgery?


102 posted on 01/17/2011 12:53:52 PM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: ilovesarah2012

Well, I must be drop-dead GORGEOUS, then...


103 posted on 01/17/2011 1:22:34 PM PST by redhead ("I think I'm the best fish filleter in the whole third grade." --Piper Palin)
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To: longtermmemmory

Congress’s health plan is run by OPM. They say it stands for Office of Personnel Management, not Other People’s Money. Considering they run a Congressional pharmacy built into the Capitol building it would not surprise me if they ran free botox clinics more often than flu shot clinics.


104 posted on 01/17/2011 1:25:38 PM PST by Reeses
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To: ilovesarah2012
"You can't see these can you? You aren't cheating me are you?"


Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

105 posted on 01/17/2011 1:30:56 PM PST by The Comedian ("Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice" - B. Goldwater)
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To: Springfield Reformer

Cheers!

106 posted on 01/17/2011 1:36:34 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: ApplegateRanch; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; bigheadfred; ...

I would have posted this, but I hate to brag...


107 posted on 01/17/2011 1:54:17 PM PST by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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To: decimon
And the next guy might see her as gorgeous. And that's fine with me.

In fact it's better. There's somebody for everybody.

108 posted on 01/17/2011 2:59:20 PM PST by Savage Beast (The Left is everything that it claims to hate.)
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