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Are Geeks The New Alpha Male?

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Re: Are Geeks The New Alpha Male?

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Post by DavidCh »

dkarl wrote: post #32
mburney wrote: post #31

If we accept this writer's theory, it would be more plausible to say that women desire to get impregnated by jocks (w/ physical strength and social intelligence) but then have their kids raised by geeks (w/ money and abstract intelligence). I've read a stat somewhere that claimed at least 10% of fathers are not raising their actual sons (and they are unaware of it). Unfortunately I can't find the study.

Why do you assume jocks have social intelligence?

Because they usually have a lot of friends.

Re: Are Geeks The New Alpha Male?

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Post by byrneseyeview »

dkarl wrote: post #35
byrneseyeview wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When did we last elect a fat President? When did we last elect an ugly one? Since the invention of television and the dawn of universal suffrage, politicians have gotten taller, fitter, and more attractive. There's a reason.

Bill Clinton was fat, even when he was elected. As for the general trend in favor of tall, attractive presidents, the top dog out of a field of millions is going to have most of the major helpful assets. There's no disputing that height and attractiveness are helpful.

He was 6'2" and weighed around 225 pounds. So he was chubby, but I have never met a woman who would admit to finding him ugly.

"Helpful assets" is one way to put it. But I'm advocating a stronger hypothesis: when lots of people can vote, and they can watch candidates on TV, we will not have an ugly President. We'll have very charismatic average-looking presidents, or really stupid great-looking presidents. But we won't have ugly, brilliant ones.

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