Are Yale students ugly?

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<p>well, neethus1, I dont think any one is taking this seriously ;)</p>

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<p>yo wassap
Audrey</a> is the Cute College Girl Of The Day on Collegehumor</p>

<p>finally, my many hours of browsing through good-looking girls through collegehumor has come to fruition</p>

<p>yes!</p>

<p>(please accept me now, Yale)</p>

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<p>I'm inclined to disagree with the idea that attractiveness and intelligence are are correlated.
If anything, they're (assuming we're calling attractiveness the physical qualities that make you want to bed someone) opposite on the evolutionary quality spectrum: They are preferable in opposite circumstances.</p>

<p>Also fertility (which is HUGELY correlated in both males and females with the things that make people want to have sex with them....you know...go figure) is negatively correlated with IQ:</p>

<p>Huntington, E., & Whitney, L. The Builders of America. New York: Morrow, 1927.</p>

<p>Kirk, Dudley. 'The fertility of a gifted group: A study of the number of children of men in WHO'S WHO.' In The Nature and Transmission of the Genetic and Cultural Characteristics of Human Populations. New York: Milbank Memorial Fund, 1957, pp.78-98.</p>

<p>Osborn, F.; Bajema, C. (1972). "The eugenic hypothesis". Social Biology 19: 337–345.</p>

<p>Lynn R; Van Court M (2004). "New evidence of dysgenic fertility for intelligence in the United States". Intelligence (Ablex Pub.) 32 (2): 193–201. doi:10.1016/j.intell.2003.09.002. ISSN 0160-2896. New</a> Evidence of Dysgenic Fertility for Intelligence in the United States.</p>

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<p>I'm taking it seriously, Michael.</p>

<p>(Not because I care specifically about Yale, but because the idea is interesting - are less intelligent people more likely to have more children? What does that bode for everyone else?_</p>

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<p>I doubt it. Or at least it can't be generally true over a long period of time. If it were true then humans would not have evolved to a high degree of intelligence; the selective pressure would be in the wrong direction. If dumber people had a higher chance of reproductive success then humans as a group would have gotten dumber over time, not smarter.</p>

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<p>Watch the move "Idiocracy"</p>

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<p>actually, less intelligent people do have more kids because they have less busy lives then the more educated people who have busier lives as doctors, lawyers, businessmen, etc..How many smart people do you know have more than 2 kids? compare that to all the not so smart people's number of kids</p>

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<p>coreur, just make sure to remember that evolutionary success does NOT depend on intelligence, just how many offspring you can leave behind. Sure, intelligence is often an evolutionary advantage in survival, but it doesn't matter if one doesn't leave offspring behind. So even if one was not so intelligent, but had desirable physical traits that would ensure healthy, strong offspring, the person would probably be better off in terms of reproduction...
Also, it is not guaranteed that humans as a population get smarter (or have gotten smarter) over a long period of time.</p>

<p>AP Bio last year anybody else? :)</p>

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<p>id say yes they are ugly, i visited once, walked on campus..then immediately turned and walked off...jk, not many good looking girls tho</p>

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<p>ahaha, what an amazing thread.</p>

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<p>and if my short visit to the campus was representative of the whole school, i'd say there are pleeenty of good looking people. and the fact that they got into yale makes it even better :)</p>

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<p>">>..are less intelligent people more likely to have more children?<<</p>

<p>I doubt it. Or at least it can't be generally true over a long period of time. If it were true then humans would not have evolved to a high degree of intelligence; the selective pressure would be in the wrong direction. If dumber people had a higher chance of reproductive success then humans as a group would have gotten dumber over time, not smarter."</p>

<p>is intelligence directly related to genetics?</p>

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<p>^ I was wondering the same thing.</p>

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<p>Anyhow Yale guys AND girls were both B+ which if you look at the lists is pretty strong. In comparison, Stanford guys were B and girls were C+. MIT guys were C and girls C-.</p>

<p>Of course the whole thing is silly, but you may still find it fun.</p>

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<p>well, when i was at yale on tour all of the tour guides were pretty attractive..</p>

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<p>It would be partially. The organization of your brain depends on genetics, but you can easily ruin it during your lifetime. Plus, teaching kids early probably has the most effect on how their brains will develop. Neglect tend to make it harder to learn. Of course, intelligence is relative. Some people are incredibly intelligent in one area and then just incompetent in others.</p>

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<p>Right, that's exactly my point. And the fossil record strongly suggests that hominids have gotten smarter over time not dumber. You are not going to move from Australopithicus to Homo habilis to Homo erectus, to early Homo sapiens to modern Homo sapiens if the dumber members of your species are enjoying greater reproductive success.</p>

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<p>I am currently a freshman at Yale and I have to say that Yalies on the whole are more attractive than your average 18-21 year olds. The girls especially are notably more attractive than those at Princeton or Harvard.</p>

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<p>^ Dammit, this makes me angry that I'm not into Yale. (Deferred = yeah right. -_-)</p>

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<p>This is kind of off-topic, but if you would get that essay critique back to me ASAP, that would be perfect ivyleague_fan!</p>