In news:alt.mensa, "Mr D." <Mr D.@home.co.uk> posted on Sat, 23 Feb
2008 18:21:22 GMT:

> Anyone know of a good place to search for women with high Iqs
> (i.e. 144 and above)...?  Is there a dating site of that kind
> somewhere online...?

You'd think that someone needing a date with an IQ of 144 or higher
would know how to use a search engine.  Then again, that may be why he
needs an intelligent companion.

Damaeus

"Damaeus" <no-mail@hotmail.invalid> wrote in message 
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> In news:alt.mensa, "Mr D." <Mr D.@home.co.uk> posted on Sat, 23 Feb
> 2008 18:21:22 GMT:
>
>> Anyone know of a good place to search for women with high Iqs
>> (i.e. 144 and above)...?  Is there a dating site of that kind
>> somewhere online...?
>
> You'd think that someone needing a date with an IQ of 144 or higher
> would know how to use a search engine.  Then again, that may be why he
> needs an intelligent companion.
>
> Damaeus

Would a woman with an IQ of 144 or above want to involve herself with a mere 
male?

Geopelia wrote:

> "Damaeus" <no-mail@hotmail.invalid> wrote in message 
> news:sl537452bcs5i5b03pl3vs8i6hgijlik1n@4ax.com...
> 
>>In news:alt.mensa, "Mr D." <Mr D.@home.co.uk> posted on Sat, 23 Feb
>>2008 18:21:22 GMT:
>>
>>
>>>Anyone know of a good place to search for women with high Iqs
>>>(i.e. 144 and above)...?  Is there a dating site of that kind
>>>somewhere online...?
>>
>>You'd think that someone needing a date with an IQ of 144 or higher
>>would know how to use a search engine.  Then again, that may be why he
>>needs an intelligent companion.
>>
>>Damaeus
> 
> 
> Would a woman with an IQ of 144 or above want to involve herself with a mere 
> male? 

Reproduction?

Geopelia schrieb:

> Would a woman with an IQ of 144 or above want to involve herself with a mere 
> male? 

Yes :-). But I'm not sharing her.

Lars

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> Geopelia wrote:
>
>> "Damaeus" <no-mail@hotmail.invalid> wrote in message 
>> news:sl537452bcs5i5b03pl3vs8i6hgijlik1n@4ax.com...
>>
>>>In news:alt.mensa, "Mr D." <Mr D.@home.co.uk> posted on Sat, 23 Feb
>>>2008 18:21:22 GMT:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Anyone know of a good place to search for women with high Iqs
>>>>(i.e. 144 and above)...?  Is there a dating site of that kind
>>>>somewhere online...?
>>>
>>>You'd think that someone needing a date with an IQ of 144 or higher
>>>would know how to use a search engine.  Then again, that may be why he
>>>needs an intelligent companion.
>>>
>>>Damaeus
>>
>>
>> Would a woman with an IQ of 144 or above want to involve herself with a 
>> mere male?
>
> Reproduction?

Isadora Duncan said to Bernard Shaw that if they had a child together it 
could inherit her beauty and his brains.
Shaw replied "but suppose it inherited my beauty and your brains?"

Geopelia schrieb:

> Isadora Duncan said to Bernard Shaw that if they had a child together it 
> could inherit her beauty and his brains.
> Shaw replied "but suppose it inherited my beauty and your brains?"

Since both beauty and intelligence are multi-factored, you would expect 
some kind of regression to the mean. Since both are fitness indicators, 
we even get a correlation between beauty and intelligence: 
http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/methodologyInstitute/pdf/SKanazawa/I2004.pdf

Lars

"Lars Kecke"  wrote in message 
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> Geopelia schrieb:
>
>> Isadora Duncan said to Bernard Shaw that if they had a child together it 
>> could inherit her beauty and his brains.
>> Shaw replied "but suppose it inherited my beauty and your brains?"
>
> Since both beauty and intelligence are multi-factored, you would expect 
> some kind of regression to the mean. Since both are fitness indicators, we 
> even get a correlation between beauty and intelligence: 
> http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/methodologyInstitute/pdf/SKanazawa/I2004.pdf
>
> Lars
>
>

The girls in the beauty contests are intelligent enough to trot out the 
usual dumb stuff about helping various good causes and being good 
ambassadors for their countries because they have worked out that that is 
what the judges expect to hear.

But what does that say about the intelligence of the judges?

Geopelia

On 11 Jul, 22:45, "Geopelia"  wrote:
> "Lars Kecke"  wrote in message

> The girls in the beauty contests are intelligent enough to trot out the
> usual dumb stuff about helping various good causes and being good
> ambassadors for their countries because they have worked out that that is
> what the judges expect to hear. [Then, you can't tell anything, anyway!!]
> But what does that say about the intelligence of the judges? [Very bright > Tabloid Editors!]
> Geopelia

Not a lot about either, but I suspect altruism is more a quality of
emerging personality and social upbringing than an unavoidable genetic
ingredient. There is latitude! It is the chemistry between people that
matters!
--
'foolsrushin.'

Geopelia wrote:

> "Lars Kecke"  wrote in message 
> news:6dp6reF3lvu8U1@mid.individual.net...
> 
>>Geopelia schrieb:
>>
>>
>>>Isadora Duncan said to Bernard Shaw that if they had a child together it 
>>>could inherit her beauty and his brains.
>>>Shaw replied "but suppose it inherited my beauty and your brains?"
>>
>>Since both beauty and intelligence are multi-factored, you would expect 
>>some kind of regression to the mean. Since both are fitness indicators, we 
>>even get a correlation between beauty and intelligence: 
>>http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/methodologyInstitute/pdf/SKanazawa/I2004.pdf
>>
>>Lars
>>
>>
> 
> 
> The girls in the beauty contests are intelligent enough to trot out the 
> usual dumb stuff about helping various good causes and being good 
> ambassadors for their countries because they have worked out that that is 
> what the judges expect to hear.
> 
> But what does that say about the intelligence of the judges?

When the only choice is a dumbelle they need only
visual appreciation in order to fulfill their
function.  There's no bifurcation on the verbal
aspects of the contest which is only used to avoid
criticism that the whole event is only skin deep.

On 12 Jul, 00:41, Sanforized  wrote:
> Geopelia wrote:
> > "Lars Kecke"  wrote in message
> >news:6dp6reF3lvu8U1@mid.individual.net...
> >>Geopelia schrieb:
> >>>Isadora Duncan said to Bernard Shaw that if they had a child together it
> >>>could inherit her beauty and his brains.
> >>>Shaw replied "but suppose it inherited my beauty and your brains?"
> >>Since both beauty and intelligence are multi-factored, you would expect
> >>some kind of regression to the mean. Since both are fitness indicators, we
> >>even get a correlation between beauty and intelligence:
> >>http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/methodologyInstitute/pdf/SKanazawa/I..> >>Lars

> > The girls in the beauty contests are intelligent enough to trot out the
> > usual dumb stuff about helping various good causes and being good
> > ambassadors for their countries because they have worked out that that is
> > what the judges expect to hear.
> > But what does that say about the intelligence of the judges?

> When the only choice is a dumbelle they need only
> visual appreciation in order to fulfill their
> function.  There's no bifurcation on the verbal
> aspects of the contest which is only used to avoid
> criticism that the whole event is only skin deep.
> "Lars Kecke"  wrote in message
> The girls in the beauty contests are intelligent enough to trot out the
> usual dumb stuff about helping various good causes and being good
> ambassadors for their countries because they have worked out that that is
> what the judges expect to hear. [Then, you can't tell anything, anyway!!]
> But what does that say about the intelligence of the judges? [Very bright > Tabloid Editors!]
> Geopelia > "Lars Kecke"  wrote in message
> The girls in the beauty contests are intelligent enough to trot out the
> usual dumb stuff about helping various good causes and being good
> ambassadors for their countries because they have worked out that that is
> what the judges expect to hear. [Then, you can't tell anything, anyway!!]
> But what does that say about the intelligence of the judges? [Very bright Tabloid
> Editors!]
> Geopelia

Not a lot about either, but I suspect altruism is more a quality of
emerging personality and social upbringing than an unavoidable
genetic
ingredient. There is latitude! It is the chemistry between people
that
matters!
--
'foolsrushin.'

I went out for a year with a girl who was doing a PhD on
'Philosophical Investigations'. Dishy as you'll ever get, she had to
'discover and illustrate the methodology underlying the language games
in Philosophical Investigations.' 157, but so fascinated by the daft
bastard that she could not grasp his simple and rather silly trick.
When I first read 'Ulysses', I was enchanted. The glue that holds
'Investigations' together is 'situational logic'; the glue that holds
Ulysses together is, simply, Dublin life, strangely and mesmerically
evoked by an exile who often confessed a hatred for Dublin! Anyway,
the doctorate became more important than my opinions, and the
relationship ended.

We didn't need money, but had she entered a beauty competition, I am
sure she would have won it! I'd not have been jealous, either! Proud,
rather!
--
'foolsrushin.'

"foolsrushin."  wrote in message 
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On 12 Jul, 00:41, Sanforized  wrote:
> Geopelia wrote:
> > "Lars Kecke"  wrote in message
> >news:6dp6reF3lvu8U1@mid.individual.net...
> >>Geopelia schrieb:
> >>>Isadora Duncan said to Bernard Shaw that if they had a child together 
> >>>it
> >>>could inherit her beauty and his brains.
> >>>Shaw replied "but suppose it inherited my beauty and your brains?"
> >>Since both beauty and intelligence are multi-factored, you would expect
> >>some kind of regression to the mean. Since both are fitness indicators, 
> >>we
> >>even get a correlation between beauty and intelligence:
> >>http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/methodologyInstitute/pdf/SKanazawa/I...
> >>Lars

> > The girls in the beauty contests are intelligent enough to trot out the
> > usual dumb stuff about helping various good causes and being good
> > ambassadors for their countries because they have worked out that that 
> > is
> > what the judges expect to hear.
> > But what does that say about the intelligence of the judges?

> When the only choice is a dumbelle they need only
> visual appreciation in order to fulfill their
> function. There's no bifurcation on the verbal
> aspects of the contest which is only used to avoid
> criticism that the whole event is only skin deep.
> "Lars Kecke"  wrote in message
> The girls in the beauty contests are intelligent enough to trot out the
> usual dumb stuff about helping various good causes and being good
> ambassadors for their countries because they have worked out that that is
> what the judges expect to hear. [Then, you can't tell anything, anyway!!]
> But what does that say about the intelligence of the judges? [Very bright 
>  > Tabloid Editors!]
> Geopelia > "Lars Kecke"  wrote in message
> The girls in the beauty contests are intelligent enough to trot out the
> usual dumb stuff about helping various good causes and being good
> ambassadors for their countries because they have worked out that that is
> what the judges expect to hear. [Then, you can't tell anything, anyway!!]
> But what does that say about the intelligence of the judges? [Very bright 
> Tabloid
> Editors!]
> Geopelia

Not a lot about either, but I suspect altruism is more a quality of
emerging personality and social upbringing than an unavoidable
genetic
ingredient. There is latitude! It is the chemistry between people
that
matters!
--
'foolsrushin.'

I went out for a year with a girl who was doing a PhD on
'Philosophical Investigations'. Dishy as you'll ever get, she had to
'discover and illustrate the methodology underlying the language games
in Philosophical Investigations.' 157, but so fascinated by the daft
bastard that she could not grasp his simple and rather silly trick.
When I first read 'Ulysses', I was enchanted. The glue that holds
'Investigations' together is 'situational logic'; the glue that holds
Ulysses together is, simply, Dublin life, strangely and mesmerically
evoked by an exile who often confessed a hatred for Dublin! Anyway,
the doctorate became more important than my opinions, and the
relationship ended.

We didn't need money, but had she entered a beauty competition, I am
sure she would have won it! I'd not have been jealous, either! Proud,
rather!
--
'foolsrushin.'


When the film of Ulysses was shown in New Zealand years ago, there were 
separate sessions for men and women !
How times change.

Lars Kecke wrote:

> Geopelia schrieb:
> 
>> Isadora Duncan said to Bernard Shaw that if they had a child together 
>> it could inherit her beauty and his brains.
>> Shaw replied "but suppose it inherited my beauty and your brains?"
> 
> 
> Since both beauty and intelligence are multi-factored, you would expect 
> some kind of regression to the mean. Since both are fitness indicators, 
> we even get a correlation between beauty and intelligence: 
> http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/methodologyInstitute/pdf/SKanazawa/I2004.pdf 


One exception, of many, is Hollywood. Marilyn Monroe
was not  generally thought of as being smarter than
a doorknob but she was generally considered a raving
beauty. I note also that she was not a solitary example
in a region filled with strongly correlated beauty and
stupidity.

With so many exceptions I consider the cited paper to be
a fluff piece.