Comments on: How to meet smart women http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/27/how-to-meet-smart-women/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Sun, 05 Jul 2009 06:51:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Charlotte http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/27/how-to-meet-smart-women/#comment-166273 Charlotte Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:30:45 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/27/how-to-meet-smart-women/#comment-166273 Oh yeah: where do smart men hang out? :| ...Where do smart, yet not necessarily geeky, obsessive types hang out? I don't want to go to any more anime conventions. :( Oh yeah: where do smart men hang out? :|

…Where do smart, yet not necessarily geeky, obsessive types hang out? I don’t want to go to any more anime conventions. :(

]]> By: Charlotte http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/27/how-to-meet-smart-women/#comment-166272 Charlotte Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:28:37 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/27/how-to-meet-smart-women/#comment-166272 Robert Jackson lives in an incredibly small world AND/OR is only dating women who are more concerned with their looks than their brains. You have either got to lower your physical requirement standards, or else hope for that rare "ugly duckling". The same problem is in full effect for the boys--you just don't notice, because you're straight. The "prettier" someone is, the less likely they are to have developed other characteristics. Why should they? Why put effort in, when everyone treats them like a god/dess anyway? And more importantly: why risk losing the top-dog position by turning down parties to read a book instead? It's just not...well...smart. Now, as for ambition in women, there are many other factors leading into that, which have very little to do with actual intelligence...but you should already know that. Your logical flaws lead me to believe that your supposed "140 IQ" was culled from an online test. Robert Jackson lives in an incredibly small world AND/OR is only dating women who are more concerned with their looks than their brains. You have either got to lower your physical requirement standards, or else hope for that rare “ugly duckling”. The same problem is in full effect for the boys–you just don’t notice, because you’re straight. The “prettier” someone is, the less likely they are to have developed other characteristics. Why should they? Why put effort in, when everyone treats them like a god/dess anyway? And more importantly: why risk losing the top-dog position by turning down parties to read a book instead? It’s just not…well…smart.

Now, as for ambition in women, there are many other factors leading into that, which have very little to do with actual intelligence…but you should already know that.

Your logical flaws lead me to believe that your supposed “140 IQ” was culled from an online test.

]]> By: Robert Jackson http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/27/how-to-meet-smart-women/#comment-150225 Robert Jackson Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:42:26 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/27/how-to-meet-smart-women/#comment-150225 I have to agree with a couple of other people. "Smart woman" is pretty much an oxymoron. Seriously. I've never met any girls/women who seemed to be smart. I only know of a handful of smart women from seeing them on TV. I find that most women dumb themselves down, stay ignorant about many things, and lack intellectual curiosity. They don't want to know things. They just like to socialize. In other words, they're airheads. The vast majority seem to lack much ambition as well. It's like a chick thing to be stupid. Some girls have even told me that they're stupid, as if being intelligent isn't important. My IQ is 140. Almost everyone I meet is far less intelligent than I am. I'm pretty sick of it. I'd love to meet a smart girl who likes watching PBS, appreciates intellectual subjects, doesn't dumb herself down at all and doesn't require me to do so to talk to her. This thread was totally unhelpful but I'm going to keep looking for ways to meet smart girls. I have to agree with a couple of other people. “Smart woman” is pretty much an oxymoron. Seriously. I’ve never met any girls/women who seemed to be smart. I only know of a handful of smart women from seeing them on TV. I find that most women dumb themselves down, stay ignorant about many things, and lack intellectual curiosity. They don’t want to know things. They just like to socialize. In other words, they’re airheads. The vast majority seem to lack much ambition as well. It’s like a chick thing to be stupid. Some girls have even told me that they’re stupid, as if being intelligent isn’t important. My IQ is 140. Almost everyone I meet is far less intelligent than I am. I’m pretty sick of it. I’d love to meet a smart girl who likes watching PBS, appreciates intellectual subjects, doesn’t dumb herself down at all and doesn’t require me to do so to talk to her. This thread was totally unhelpful but I’m going to keep looking for ways to meet smart girls.

]]> By: KaiYeves http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/27/how-to-meet-smart-women/#comment-39895 KaiYeves Fri, 10 Aug 2007 19:03:35 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/27/how-to-meet-smart-women/#comment-39895 I was just reading that in a bookstore! There wasn't anyone else around, especially not with a fishing rod. In fact, the place was practially deserted. But, man, did I look like a great skeptic, reading Sagan in a Scooby-Doo T-shirt! (Hey, Velma was the original SkepChick!) I was just reading that in a bookstore! There wasn’t anyone else around, especially not with a fishing rod. In fact, the place was practially deserted. But, man, did I look like a great skeptic, reading Sagan in a Scooby-Doo T-shirt! (Hey, Velma was the original SkepChick!)

]]> By: Al_manac http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/27/how-to-meet-smart-women/#comment-39894 Al_manac Wed, 04 Jul 2007 16:59:38 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/27/how-to-meet-smart-women/#comment-39894 I know several smart women - the trouble for guys is that you need to be willing to accept that those women are smarter than you - not easy given the way we've been trained by society. Single Moms are a good place to look (i.e. they were smart enough to leave the jerk). The other positive bias I've personally observed (no official survey!) is the number of teachers married to science types. I think they are attracted to our sense of wonder. I know several smart women - the trouble for guys is that you need to be willing to accept that those women are smarter than you - not easy given the way we’ve been trained by society.

Single Moms are a good place to look (i.e. they were smart enough to leave the jerk). The other positive bias I’ve personally observed (no official survey!) is the number of teachers married to science types. I think they are attracted to our sense of wonder.

]]> By: CarrieP http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/27/how-to-meet-smart-women/#comment-39893 CarrieP Fri, 29 Jun 2007 16:02:28 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/27/how-to-meet-smart-women/#comment-39893 Just wanted to say thanks for those of you who are linking to noteworthy archives. Those of us who are newer to the blog appreciate it. Just wanted to say thanks for those of you who are linking to noteworthy archives. Those of us who are newer to the blog appreciate it.

]]> By: Stonez http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/27/how-to-meet-smart-women/#comment-39892 Stonez Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:40:55 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/27/how-to-meet-smart-women/#comment-39892 Lol Funny cartoon. My problem was the smart girls always came after me... ;-) Lol Funny cartoon. My problem was the smart girls always came after me… ;-)

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