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. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:23:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Cathy http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/27/how-to-meet-smart-women/comment-page-1/#comment-387531 Cathy Tue, 07 Jun 2011 18:01:29 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/27/how-to-meet-smart-women/#comment-387531 Note to the cartoonists: There ARE better ways to meet smart women...correct grammar is one of them. We're verbal, you know. Note to the cartoonists: There ARE better ways to meet smart women…correct grammar is one of them. We’re verbal, you know.

]]> By: Lonley Foreigner http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/27/how-to-meet-smart-women/comment-page-1/#comment-206457 Lonley Foreigner Sat, 15 Aug 2009 14:28:07 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/27/how-to-meet-smart-women/#comment-206457 High IQ relationships, right...:|. 1.Lets put it this way, with and IQ over 130 that means that 98% of the world surrounding you has a lower IQ then you, take this in an abstract way that will mean 2 people out of 100, depending where you live in your lifetime you will meet probably 97.3 people :)). Solution try to meet more people, with the amount of stupid ones increase so dose your chance of meting your "smart one". 2.Getting back to the subject, where do you meet smart people, i presume where "smart things" are, if you have an high IQ use it, do something smart and who knows you will probably meet your Marie Curie/Pierre Curie, the down side is that sometimes society and/or life will stop you in reaching your full potential, then you can only consider your self the smartest human alive and marry a stupid one(which from my point stinks and if you refuse to consider that option don't worry your not alone, but be aware its a lonely road to walk) Sadly i don't think there is a place where smart people usually meet, i recommend focusing on things you like and go from there and yes i know its BS, but thats how things are, unless you believe in destiny then there is nothing to worry about. P.S. If you know who Jenna Jameson is and don't know who Marie Curie was, then probably your not that smart. High IQ relationships, right…:|.
1.Lets put it this way, with and IQ over 130 that means that 98% of the world surrounding you has a lower IQ then you, take this in an abstract way that will mean 2 people out of 100, depending where you live in your lifetime you will meet probably 97.3 people :) ). Solution try to meet more people, with the amount of stupid ones increase so dose your chance of meting your “smart one”.
2.Getting back to the subject, where do you meet smart people, i presume where “smart things” are, if you have an high IQ use it, do something smart and who knows you will probably meet your Marie Curie/Pierre Curie, the down side is that sometimes society and/or life will stop you in reaching your full potential, then you can only consider your self the smartest human alive and marry a stupid one(which from my point stinks and if you refuse to consider that option don’t worry your not alone, but be aware its a lonely road to walk)

Sadly i don’t think there is a place where smart people usually meet, i recommend focusing on things you like and go from there and yes i know its BS, but thats how things are, unless you believe in destiny then there is nothing to worry about.

P.S. If you know who Jenna Jameson is and don’t know who Marie Curie was, then probably your not that smart.

]]> By: Charlotte http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/27/how-to-meet-smart-women/comment-page-1/#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-page-1/#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-page-1/#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-page-1/#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-page-1/#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-page-1/#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-page-1/#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… ;-)

]]> By: Hypatia http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/27/how-to-meet-smart-women/comment-page-1/#comment-39891 Hypatia Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:26:14 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/27/how-to-meet-smart-women/#comment-39891 It's awsome !!!! What can I say?... I have my own book of TDHW!!! LOL It’s awsome !!!!
What can I say?… I have my own book of TDHW!!!
LOL

]]> By: jce http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/27/how-to-meet-smart-women/comment-page-1/#comment-39890 jce Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:58:37 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/27/how-to-meet-smart-women/#comment-39890 Hey, I am a smart single woman!! LOL Sadly, finding smart single men in my age group is like looking for water in the desert. Hey, I am a smart single woman!! LOL

Sadly, finding smart single men in my age group is like looking for water in the desert.

]]> By: Brian W. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/27/how-to-meet-smart-women/comment-page-1/#comment-39889 Brian W. Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:33:06 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/27/how-to-meet-smart-women/#comment-39889 Haha, funny you should post a link to this comic, i've got the exact same on saved to the photos section of my MySpace page. I've got that book (and audio cassettes) and dammit i'm just desperate enough to try it. Actually though, i thought the book was sorta dull. I didn't feel like i'd really learned anything from it like i did when i read Cosmos. Haha, funny you should post a link to this comic, i’ve got the exact same on saved to the photos section of my MySpace page. I’ve got that book (and audio cassettes) and dammit i’m just desperate enough to try it.

Actually though, i thought the book was sorta dull. I didn’t feel like i’d really learned anything from it like i did when i read Cosmos.

]]> By: rvr http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/27/how-to-meet-smart-women/comment-page-1/#comment-39888 rvr Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:41:28 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/27/how-to-meet-smart-women/#comment-39888 If the book doesn't work, and you're really a desperate husband-wannabe, try this t-shirt: http://www.chicadelatele.com/chicadelatele/post/2007/06/26/tecnicas-ligoteo-basico ;-) If the book doesn’t work, and you’re really a desperate husband-wannabe, try this t-shirt: http://www.chicadelatele.com/chicadelatele/post/2007/06/26/tecnicas-ligoteo-basico ;-)

]]> By: Quiet Desperation http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/27/how-to-meet-smart-women/comment-page-1/#comment-39887 Quiet Desperation Thu, 28 Jun 2007 08:14:39 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/27/how-to-meet-smart-women/#comment-39887 Wait... there's smart women? (Dives into nuclear bunker and locks door) Wait… there’s smart women?

(Dives into nuclear bunker and locks door)

]]> By: Kevin Pollock http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/27/how-to-meet-smart-women/comment-page-1/#comment-39873 Kevin Pollock Thu, 28 Jun 2007 08:14:04 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/27/how-to-meet-smart-women/#comment-39873 "Smart" women? You are joking, right? “Smart” women?

You are joking, right?

]]> By: Grand Lunar http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/27/how-to-meet-smart-women/comment-page-1/#comment-39886 Grand Lunar Thu, 28 Jun 2007 02:21:29 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/27/how-to-meet-smart-women/#comment-39886 Good strategy! But it's not like going to the pond, chasing bluegills and tommycocks! And I'll need a bigger boat. Fun part is, what to choose? Should I use Phil's book, or one by Martin Rees? Good strategy!

But it’s not like going to the pond, chasing bluegills and tommycocks!
And I’ll need a bigger boat.

Fun part is, what to choose? Should I use Phil’s book, or one by Martin Rees?

]]> By: Rystefn http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/27/how-to-meet-smart-women/comment-page-1/#comment-39885 Rystefn Thu, 28 Jun 2007 01:25:36 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/27/how-to-meet-smart-women/#comment-39885 That's a great comic... It made me sad to see it go... Although Three Panel Soul is a worthy follow-up in its own right. In addition to which, I must add: If you aren't willing to go to extremes in the persuit of a woman, you aren't worthy of her. The trick is do it and look like a stalker about it. That’s a great comic… It made me sad to see it go… Although Three Panel Soul is a worthy follow-up in its own right.

In addition to which, I must add: If you aren’t willing to go to extremes in the persuit of a woman, you aren’t worthy of her. The trick is do it and look like a stalker about it.

]]> By: Ryan Boehning http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/27/how-to-meet-smart-women/comment-page-1/#comment-39884 Ryan Boehning Thu, 28 Jun 2007 00:46:23 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/27/how-to-meet-smart-women/#comment-39884 i just bought this book for a girl i'm interested in. if she takes to it, i think i'm gonna have to marry her! i just bought this book for a girl i’m interested in. if she takes to it, i think i’m gonna have to marry her!

]]> By: chris http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/27/how-to-meet-smart-women/comment-page-1/#comment-39883 chris Thu, 28 Jun 2007 00:35:44 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/27/how-to-meet-smart-women/#comment-39883 wow, i was at my local library today studying my books from this online corse im studing, when i was finished with my segment i loked for all the SAGAN books they had, and they have them all sadly the condition on most is not so good. good to see the works of a treasured gem of a man are treated so well. this book in particular (demon-huanted) had a big rip on the dust cover and the pages were all browned. what really hurt me was to see water damage on billions & billions to end- i know now i need to read shadows of forgten ancestors, the thickest of his books ive seen. not as thick as halwkings "Standing ont he Shoulder of Giants". friend of mine is reading and says its a must for those who want to know how they did it, and he say newton is the god of science, lol wow, i was at my local library today studying my books from this online corse im studing, when i was finished with my segment i loked for all the SAGAN books they had, and they have them all

sadly the condition on most is not so good. good to see the works of a treasured gem of a man are treated so well. this book in particular (demon-huanted) had a big rip on the dust cover and the pages were all browned. what really hurt me was to see water damage on billions & billions

to end- i know now i need to read shadows of forgten ancestors, the thickest of his books ive seen. not as thick as halwkings “Standing ont he Shoulder of Giants”. friend of mine is reading and says its a must for those who want to know how they did it, and he say newton is the god of science, lol

]]> By: Chris http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/27/how-to-meet-smart-women/comment-page-1/#comment-39882 Chris Wed, 27 Jun 2007 23:57:11 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/27/how-to-meet-smart-women/#comment-39882 Hmm, I currently have this out from the library and am done reading it. Time to find some female-sized fishing hooks... Hmm, I currently have this out from the library and am done reading it. Time to find some female-sized fishing hooks…

]]> By: ydant http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/27/how-to-meet-smart-women/comment-page-1/#comment-39881 ydant Wed, 27 Jun 2007 23:42:16 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/27/how-to-meet-smart-women/#comment-39881 :( No RSS feed. Looks like an interesting comic, but I'd never remember to check it out on my own... :( No RSS feed. Looks like an interesting comic, but I’d never remember to check it out on my own…

]]> By: Mark Martin http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/27/how-to-meet-smart-women/comment-page-1/#comment-39880 Mark Martin Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:37:50 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/27/how-to-meet-smart-women/#comment-39880 To meet a smart lady one can do as I did. I issued an e-mail describing her in terms of some charming, romantic thermodynamics one day, we met for lunch & a museum the very next. We were in Vegas getting married just a few months later. That was three years ago and she's the best thing that's ever happened to me. To meet a smart lady one can do as I did. I issued an e-mail describing her in terms of some charming, romantic thermodynamics one day, we met for lunch & a museum the very next. We were in Vegas getting married just a few months later. That was three years ago and she’s the best thing that’s ever happened to me.

]]> By: astropixie http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/27/how-to-meet-smart-women/comment-page-1/#comment-39879 astropixie Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:12:18 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/27/how-to-meet-smart-women/#comment-39879 thats awesome! (and i just finished reading that book about 3 weeks ago! great timing and great reading!) thats awesome!

(and i just finished reading that book about 3 weeks ago! great timing and great reading!)

]]> By: PsyberDave http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/27/how-to-meet-smart-women/comment-page-1/#comment-39878 PsyberDave Wed, 27 Jun 2007 20:06:30 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/27/how-to-meet-smart-women/#comment-39878 My favorite book (...besides Bad Astronomy and the forthcoming masterwork, of course). What a sycophant I can be. My favorite book (…besides Bad Astronomy and the forthcoming masterwork, of course).

What a sycophant I can be.

]]> By: Sean O'Hara http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/27/how-to-meet-smart-women/comment-page-1/#comment-39877 Sean O'Hara Wed, 27 Jun 2007 20:04:46 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/06/27/how-to-meet-smart-women/#comment-39877 I've never had a problem meeting smart women. Smart <i>single</i> women are another matter. You have to be lucky to find one who hasn't been snapped up. I’ve never had a problem meeting smart women. Smart single women are another matter. You have to be lucky to find one who hasn’t been snapped up.

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