To be "smart" you must be two things: 1) Intelligent and 2) A nerd (i.e. someone who's obsessive about learning a particular subject).
Although people who are intelligent are more likely to be nerds, it is certainly possible to be a "genius" in an intelligence sense, and still be a fratboy douchebag IRL (i.e. Chris Langan).
Don't blame your virginity on your genetics. It's your own damn fault (or possibly your parents').
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Anonymous2009-01-19 17:44
people that dont get laid in high school find other ways to occupy themselves, like schoolwork. when you're having regular sex as a kid, all of your life goals have been accomplished, so you stop trying.
so you've got it kinda backwards. not having sex gives you drive/ambition to get good at something, for some people that means a good education, for others it means learning how to play the guitar, or skateboard or whatever.
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Anonymous2009-01-19 22:33
Dumb people spend more: Time in the gym, money on clothes, priority on how they look.
I really don't want to play that card, but genes also play a HUGE factor. But at least that can be easily countered with mass amounts of money.
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Anonymous2009-01-19 22:45
Genes play a factor in how smart you are? or self barriers that can be overcome
No, I meant genes play a huge factor on how you will look physically. I have a theory (I say mine because I've never seen or heard it like this anywhere else so if there already is a theory like mine, I figured it out independently) that physical attraction is perceived by the symmetry of your body and face.
I believe this, because if you were to take somebody that you thought was cute or hot, draw simple shapes to represent what you see (e.g face is an oval or circle, eyes are elliptical, etc.), you will find that the positioning of those shapes will be visually pleasing to you.
This can also explain why anime girls can look so damn attractive than a real girl. Because unlike real girls, artists are able to draw the right shapes and place them in the right spots to make them appealing to you.
Of course it's way more complicated than that and trying to over simplify it makes me sound like an idiot, but I really don't want to write a 100 page thesis so the 5 other people that browse /sci/ can ignore it.
tl;dr
Genes play a physical factor on how much you will get laid.
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Anonymous2009-01-20 0:31
87. Science and technology provide the most important examples of
surrogate activities. Some scientists claim that they are motivated by
"curiosity," that notion is simply absurd. Most scientists work on
highly specialized problem that are not the object of any normal
curiosity. For example, is an astronomer, a mathematician or an
entomologist curious about the properties of
isopropyltrimethylmethane? Of course not. Only a chemist is curious
about such a thing, and he is curious about it only because chemistry
is his surrogate activity. Is the chemist curious about the
appropriate classification of a new species of beetle? No. That
question is of interest only to the entomologist, and he is interested
in it only because entomology is his surrogate activity. If the
chemist and the entomologist had to exert themselves seriously to
obtain the physical necessities, and if that effort exercised their
abilities in an interesting way but in some nonscientific pursuit,
then they couldn't giver a damn about isopropyltrimethylmethane or the
classification of beetles. Suppose that lack of funds for postgraduate
education had led the chemist to become an insurance broker instead of
a chemist. In that case he would have been very interested in
insurance matters but would have cared nothing about
isopropyltrimethylmethane. In any case it is not normal to put into
the satisfaction of mere curiosity the amount of time and effort that
scientists put into their work. The "curiosity" explanation for the
scientists' motive just doesn't stand up.
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Anonymous2009-01-20 3:55
>>7
>(I say mine because I've never seen or heard it like this anywhere else so if there already is a theory like mine, I figured it out independently) that physical attraction is perceived by the symmetry of your body and face.
you best be trolling, cause that's a very common idea. theres a fucking wikipedia page on it.
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Anonymous2009-01-20 7:10
>>1
No one on this board has ever had sex, so they wouldn't know.
well how many people have cured cancer while being preoccupied with their being horny. it's hard to be smart when you keep ass on your mind all the time.
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Anonymous2009-01-21 18:14
>>13
Well how many people have cured cancer with their nose stuck in a textbook?
How many people have cured cancer while locked up in their lab for days?
How many people have cured cancer while riding a polo pony on the front lawn of the white house?
How many people have cured cancer while ******
If you're "intelligent", and you can't figure out how women work... then maybe you're not as smart as you thought you were.
That being said, you don't have to spend 10000 hours a day working on how good looking you are. It takes a shower, a shave, deodorant and maybe a little exercise. And if you're wardrobe is that lacking, go to a mall for like 15 minutes and pick out some shit that fits or something.
Once again, if you can't figure out how to be even slightly physically attractive, maybe you're not that smart in the first place.
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Anonymous2009-01-22 3:01
>>16
If you're "intelligent", and you can't figure out how the universe works... then maybe you're not as smart as you thought you were.
>>16
I already know how to be more physically "attractive": Just buy a bunch of clothes that make me look like a douche, get a baseball cap and wear it backwards, and spend most of my waking hours in the weight room. That's not the problem, though, it's the social interaction stuff.
See, no. You can look good, without looking like an asshole. It might involve an hour or two at a mall going through some clothing looking for something you like, but that's not the end of the world is it? All i end up wearing is some slim fit tee with a stylish/interesting/funny graphic, a nice pair of slim fit jeans, and maybe a plaid shirt or a hoodie. That's my entire wardrobe. I don't look like an asshole, i just look like i care about how i present myself. Thankfully i'm naturally skinny, i don't have to worry too much about the gym thing.
The social interaction thing takes practice, and involves getting over your inhibitions. Take a leap of faith, who cares if someone things you're stupid or lame? You know you're smarter than them anyways, so fuck 'em.
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See, you're missing the point. if you CAN figure out how the universe works, and you CANT figure out how to get a girl to kiss you, or manage your time so that you can go out for a beer with some friends and relax, then maybe you're not as smart as you think you are.
Does having sex make you dumb?
Trying too hard makes you look dumb, anyways.
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Anonymous2009-01-23 23:51
>>20
>All i end up wearing is some slim fit tee with a stylish/interesting/funny graphic, a nice pair of slim fit jeans, and maybe a plaid shirt or a hoodie.
>I don't look like an asshole