Why do people assume that good-looking people are dumb?

[Anonymous]

Why do people often think that attractive-looking people are dumber than the average person? Is there really any correlation between looks and smarts? Especially attractive young women?

[Chazmatazz269]

An often misunderstood and misrepresented part of being “smart” is being hard-working. For the record, there’s an immense difference between being smart and being educated. Of the two, only being educated has anything to do with work ethic. Beautiful people do not have to work as hard as average looking people and neither work as hard as ugly people. That’s a well-researched and established fact. A similar fact is that most people don’t work any harder than they have to. These facts culminate in a wealth of research showing the tremendous disparity between tips earned by lazy and beautiful people versus average looking but hard working people.
Therefore the evidence suggests that beautiful people aren’t necessarily dumber, but they definitely don’t have to work as smart or as hard as the rest of us to earn a comparable living. Since capitalism rules over all, our ability to earn a living is the majority of who we are to the world. THAT is why most of us assume beautiful people are dumb. The silver lining in that cloud is that such beautiful people only need to demonstrate a glimmer of average intellect to be considered “genius”. While the rest of us can toil for decades to prove ourselves and NEVER be recognized for TRUE genius.

[HighValue]

Because most people don't like to admit when others have more good traits than they do.

It is the same when they assume that big strong guys are dumb too. Movies and TV portrays it that way so the majority of people believe it because actually the majority of people are dumb themselves and often believe fiction to be real.

[Anonymous]

Because they tend to be. They don’t have to be interesting or funny or smart or witty, they don’t have to do much of anything at all, and people will automatically be interested in them. Some even want to have sex with them even though they are as boring as dust. But hey they got great abs though. Nice tits. But they don’t HAVE to bring anything else to the table. They don’t have to have game or be engaging in conversation. They don’t have to have anything interesting to say at all. They are just pretty people, and while it doesn’t mean that they can’t also be highly intelligent, they also haven’t had to be. They charm people with their looks, not their wit and intellect. Hence dumb fuck boys and bimbos. Talking to them is like yelling into a dry well, it looks like something is there, but one quickly finds out there really isn’t much to them beyond the surface. And why should there be?

[Fireguy17]

Sometimes it sure seems that way.
Not saying everyone that is attractive is stupid, but I have met some that couldn't figure out how to empty the crap out of their boots with the directions on the heel.
And I have met some really hot doctors.

[slatyb]

I don't. Intelligence is attractive for many reasons.

[CuriousMufuxka]

Well the concept is that getting away with everything by looks means that no other skills or knowledge is required aka playing dumb.

[Danny_dan92]

That superstition is based off of jealousy tbh

[Anonymous]

Because generally they are. Sorry.