Intelligence VS Beauty

From reading other people's posts and in life in general, I always hear stuff like: oh she's just rich cause she's beautiful while "insert name here" is rich because he's intelligent and worked hard for his place.

Well, "jacks" intelligence is "given" to him just like beauty is given to "julia".

Jack stayed up late, finished college and so on, julia starves herself to look good, doesnt have time to settle down etc...etc...

Why do people always think that the intelligent person worked harder or did something out of the ordinary? while the beautiful person they say "oh h/she was born with it", well he didnt create his intelligence, he developed it?? well so did h/she they watch what they eat, get surgery, use products etc...

Why does society view those people as better or in a higher place, even though the latter are the ones they are most facisnated by??

You humans are damn wierd

I've never heard those generalizations before.

sounds rather subjective to me. i would suppose it all depends on the person you're talking to and how they perceive people

Just remember, beauty is a temporary state, while stupid is forever. Somehow I think I got the permanent deal.

Beauty is fickle. It comes and goes very easy. When age hits you like a piano dropped on the head, what will you have left? It doesn't give you the ability to make a lasting contribution to society. All you've got left is your "bubble-gum" beauty pageant personality.

Intelligence is really several different things including knowledge, raw talent, creativity, and logical reasoning. Knowledge alone is nearly as worthless as beauty. What good does it do me to memorize a set of encyclopedias, the dictionary, and the thesaurus if I already own those books? It doesn't do a damn thing for me or anyone else. The ability to learn gives us a way to improve ourselves and our environment. The ability to create art, music, or great literary and philosophical works adds cultural value to society. A new invention can save lives and a great piece of computer software can make life just a little more bearable. That's why "intelligence" is more important to the human race. It makes our existence better.

A person as attractive and intelligent as Gone A shouldn't be commenting

True physical beauty requires nothing more than soap, water and a comb. How much work is that?

Intelligence is NOT a given, only the potential to BE intelligent if you as an individual choose to apply it.

Beauty changes nothing, intellect, artistry and invention change the entire world.

Don't hate me because I'm beautiful.

I am rather fond of your weasel-like head

If I had a dollar for every time I've been told that ...

Oh no matty, you're my big gorilla man

You make me think of the Enlightenment, and the Age of Reason--and remember them with fondness. You homo rationalis.

HAH--I love this Jeff Black.

... me Tarzan!

*sweeps Jeff into the forest, swinging on a vine*

wonders if matthew-jeff babies will lean more towards intelligence or beauty