Originally Posted by raymor

I suspect both, but more the latter, perhaps. Einstein probably couldn't be bothered about his hair, he was kind of busy figuring out the whole universe and explaining it all to the rest of us. When you have to figure out how gravity works, then come up with the calculus to show why gravity is controlled by the speed of light, that salon appointment can wait.

I'm seeing this from the point of view of a really ugly guy with an IQ way higher than some of my life decisions would indicate. Based on "stupid is as stupid does", I'm kind of a dumbass. Based on all of the tests, at 19 I should have been graduating from Yale, not smoking weed all day.

"People of Walmart" reminds us that there are plenty of dumb ugly people. In fact, being dumb perhaps turns you ugly by way of beer and Twinkies. So we have lots of hot dummies, ugly nerds, and ugly dummies. Plus just a few hot brainiacs, like Mensa member and piano virtuoso Asia Carrera.

Anyway, based on the relative sizes of the four groups, it would be reasonable to hypothesize that super high IQ people don't often bother much with looks, while dumb people can sometimes pull off looking good, but sometimes end up on People of Walmart.