Is there a connection between looks and intelligence?

Question

I read in an Indian journal that good looking men are 13% more intelligent than normal looking men and good looking women are 11% more intelligent than normal looking women.

In my university, I’d say at least 88% were IB or Gifted or Advanced Placement or Honour Roll or Scholarship or Valedictorian students in high school, and less than 1% of the guys at my school were ugly.

I see pictures of guys from less prestigious schools and over 94% are ugly and the remaining 6% are almost average looking but not good enough to be average.

purplepoppy · Accepted Answer

Being good looking is usually the result of a good diet and upbringing during childhood. The child gets the right nutrients, vitamins and minerals to develop in a healthy way. Good looks usually reflect good health.

While the affluent give their children balanced diets the poor rely on junk food, a child raised on steak and vegetables will always develop better than one whose diet is 90% coke and chips.

The affluent also care more about education sending their kid to better schools and making sure that they do their homework while the poor have an anti-education attitude telling their kids school is brainwashing them and their lessons are lies.

Put the two things together and it does seem that looks are a guide to intelligence.

RealMarek · Accepted Answer

There is some correlation. The correlation is not perfect. I’ve met many good looking people who are complete doofuses.

love_conquers_lust · Accepted Answer

Probably. It probably also corrected with physical fitness

DiegoO · Answer

Physical appearance is not directly related to IQ, but perception is related to how we value people's intelligence. One example is the Halo Effect.

Boat4Fun · Answer

I'm average in the looks for my age. I think I am intelligent, I am skilled in many things and I have common sense. I have worked and know attractive men and women. Some educated but many were only book smart.