I’ll never understand people who prioritize physical attractiveness when looking for a romantic partner. Looks are both transient by nature and a terrible predictor of sexual chemistry and compatibility.
That being said, I think that while looks are important to most women (and people generally), they’re on balance more likely to date an average-looking good guy than a hot asshole, particularly in the long term. Pretty privilege only goes so far.
> I’ll never understand people who prioritize physical attractiveness when looking for a romantic partner. Looks are both transient by nature and a terrible predictor of sexual chemistry and compatibility.
I'll never understand people who prioritize *intelligence* when looking for a romantic partner. It's obvious to me that any kids from this point on are going to be growing up in a post-intelligence future.
Even if we had another AI winter and AI progress froze entirely in place right now, in the very near future, people are going to be walking around with a Phd-smart, maximally conscientious personal assistant in their ears or phones all the time, because this is the current AI state of the art. This is going to more or less completely counterfeit intelligence, while making things like looks, conscientiousness, and fun personalities more important.
And in a post-intelligence future, *looks* are going to matter a lot more than brains, because everyone is going to be smart enough, social factors are going to matter a lot more, and looks will still be rare (unlike intelligence).
In general I enjoyed this post but I looked up photos of Chris Watts and Bryan Kohberger, neither of whom I was familiar with, and they both look quite handsome to me, so I'm not sure how well they support your point there.
Ted Bundy was ugly. He had a witchy nose, close-set eyes and a partial unibrow. Were women blind or what?
I’ll never understand people who prioritize physical attractiveness when looking for a romantic partner. Looks are both transient by nature and a terrible predictor of sexual chemistry and compatibility.
That being said, I think that while looks are important to most women (and people generally), they’re on balance more likely to date an average-looking good guy than a hot asshole, particularly in the long term. Pretty privilege only goes so far.
> I’ll never understand people who prioritize physical attractiveness when looking for a romantic partner. Looks are both transient by nature and a terrible predictor of sexual chemistry and compatibility.
I'll never understand people who prioritize *intelligence* when looking for a romantic partner. It's obvious to me that any kids from this point on are going to be growing up in a post-intelligence future.
Even if we had another AI winter and AI progress froze entirely in place right now, in the very near future, people are going to be walking around with a Phd-smart, maximally conscientious personal assistant in their ears or phones all the time, because this is the current AI state of the art. This is going to more or less completely counterfeit intelligence, while making things like looks, conscientiousness, and fun personalities more important.
And in a post-intelligence future, *looks* are going to matter a lot more than brains, because everyone is going to be smart enough, social factors are going to matter a lot more, and looks will still be rare (unlike intelligence).
In general I enjoyed this post but I looked up photos of Chris Watts and Bryan Kohberger, neither of whom I was familiar with, and they both look quite handsome to me, so I'm not sure how well they support your point there.