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Would you rather be smart, or beautiful? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Anticorp@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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A genie appears before you and says you must choose to be very physically attractive, but slightly below average intelligence, or very intelligent, but slightly below average attractiveness? Which would you choose, and why?

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[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Honestly, according to IQ tests, I'm already in the 95th+ percentile for intelligence. I'm also on the autism spectrum, and just got diagnosed with severe ADHD late last year. I've accomplished fuck-all by being smart, and it's mostly made me depressed. I'd pick being slightly dumb, but hot.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

What IQ is the 95th percentile?