Babes of Gencon 2003

[Mark Chance]

I concur. A sharp mind is wayyyyy sexier than any pair of surgically-enhanced child-rearing glands could ever be. What is intriguing to me is that my fiancee is demonstrably very intelligent, but in very different areas than myself (logic, math, philosophy and sciences for me, artistry and boundless creativity for her), and yet I am still able to admire her intelligence for what it is, rather than devalue it for being different than I have (unfairly) judged intelligence my whole life.

I'll probably catch flak from everyone except my wife over this: I am demonstrably more intelligent than my wife. What I mean is: Tests which are reputed to measure intelligence have more to measure with me than her. That doesn't mean wife Katrina isn't bright. Quite the contrary, she is quite intelligent, but I am more well-read, have a better and more widely-ranging education than my wife, et cetera.

But, despite this, I'd never ever claim I am a better person than Katrina. In nearly every way that really matters day in and day out, my wife is head and shoulders above me.

It seems like there's not a day that goes by that Katrina doesn't quite innocently demonstrate her superiority to me and thereby manage to - at least temporarily - inspire me to be a better man.

I shudder to think how much more of a miserable wretch I'd be if I'd not married her.

 

[BrooklynKnight]

For me: Being able to understand Anselm's ontological argument for the existence of God and Gaunilo's and Aquinas's critiques of the same.

Just because I like a girl with nice eyes or lips doesnt mean I dont prefer or appreciate the intelligent woman.


If anything I'd prefer a girl with intelligence on par to mine, in which case the pretty lips, hair and eyes is just cake.


If anything i'd prefer a GEEKY GIRL!
Give me a girl that quotes startrek or starwars anyday, over a girl who spends all her time putting on makeup or shopping at the mall.

 

[SpikeyFreak]

into the light from the deep, dark trenches of NKL, I was never here, I never posted and this is all just a figment of your collective imaginations. Look at the pretty watch swinging back and forth, you are all getting sleepy, very sleepy ….

/me laughs maniacally.

--Evil Spikey

 

[KnowTheToe]

Intelligence is nice and all, but the world has lots of smart people, what it could use is some more kind people.

 

[Negative Zero]

Just because I like a girl with nice eyes or lips doesnt mean I dont prefer or appreciate the intelligent woman. ...

amen to that. it's almost like people assume that just because someone likes to "look" at a pretty girl, that they're not interested in anything other than her physicality. as if you're not allowed to appreciate one aspect of someone without the other.

~NegZ

 

[PowerWordDumb]

Intelligence is nice and all, but the world has lots of smart people, what it could use is some more kind people.

I'd like to teach the world to sing, in perfect harmony!

Blech! People like that scare me - I can't take them at face value, and I don't know what ulterior motives are really driving them, so...

 

[seankreynolds]

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{trying to say that one should not find attractive people ... well, attractive, is ridiculous. ALL humans are designed this way. ... well the ones with all their wires connected, anyway.}

I agree. As my friend Colin McComb said to me once, "I'm not going to feel guilty for wanting to be with someone I find attractive."

 

[diaglo]

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I agree. As my friend Colin McComb said to me once, "I'm not going to feel guilty for wanting to be with someone I find attractive."

you forgot to mention your friend was married.

 

[HeavyG]

Hong on the other hand if the plastic surgery turns out okay … anytime you want me to dump Atticus for you let me know! Wait a minute: 2 statisticians together – no that could be very nasty.

Not to mention improbable.

 

[Psion]

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Talk to teenagers. Your standards have not shifted, but standards have (as you yourself admit). I remember showing my students Casablanca and being amazed that almost none of my students agreed with me that Ingrid Bergman is a beautiful woman.

Anyone here seen "Court Jester" (1956)? Tell me that Angela Lansbury and Glynis Johns weren't knockouts.