| Does intelligence turn you on?
Posted: 6/1/2009 8:51:39 PM | | For me, intelligence is a turn on and I consider that genuine "intelligence is inclusive". When vanity and disdain intervene it may be the case of a simple educated little ego.. | |
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| Does intelligence turn you on?
Posted: 6/1/2009 9:04:00 PM | | I personally find intelligence extremely attractive. I have a manager at work that may not be the hottest thing coming down the pike,but his intelligence makes him very attractive. He even designs computer systems for our corporate offices. It really is a shame that people put more of an emphasis on what a person looks like than what's in their brain! | |
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| Does intelligence turn you on?
Posted: 6/1/2009 9:10:35 PM | If they're smarter than I am, I'm scared!!
Just kidding. There are so many different kinds of intelligence. I need someone to mentally stimulate me to a certain degree. Okay, shoot me. I'm easily bored and need to keep the brain engaged. But that doesn't mean highbrow pursuits. Just means I read and research a lot, do puzzles, and travel. | |
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| Does intelligence turn you on?
Posted: 6/1/2009 10:03:08 PM | I love intelligence but I also love common sense however they don't always go hand in hand.
If someone is intelligent they also need to tolerant and humble. | |
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| Does intelligence turn you on?
Posted: 6/1/2009 10:44:16 PM | It completely depends on how the intelligence is weilded (are they doing good with it, or do they think all day and produce nothing?) That said, it's normal for a person to feel intimidated at first by someone who is better than they are at something - this is not limited to intelligence!! Athletic, makes more money, mechanically inclined, musicianship, writting, the list goes on!
I've seen happily married couples where one half had way more brains than the other - and they were totally content! Don't give up so easily unless there are more reasons... | |
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| Does intelligence turn you on?
Posted: 7/29/2009 9:14:31 PM | | I guess one question that comes to mind is, what defines intelligence? Academic achievement? Knowledge about the world? Valid opinions? | |
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| Does intelligence turn you on?
Posted: 7/29/2009 9:19:46 PM | I agree with 13... what defines intelligence? If it's knowing alot of stuff, then it's repeating something someone else said right?
Philosophical question FTW!  | |
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| Does intelligence turn you on?
Posted: 7/29/2009 10:56:04 PM | Sort of.
If you excelled entirely in high school and if you're fluent in 5+ languages, then no. Go date another brainiac and not this villiage idiot. 
Though I do appreciate how some people pronounce words down to every syllable rather than slurring them "redneck style". | |
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| Does intelligence turn you on?
Posted: 7/30/2009 3:29:36 AM | | I enjoy intelligent conversations, but I like a bit of the other stuff as well. Too much of a good thing is a bad thing. | |
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| Does intelligence turn you on?
Posted: 7/30/2009 4:20:53 AM | | "Does intelligence turn you on?"......A human intelligence?......yea right......yes it can turn me on but I could care less about there education....If a girl can't be mature,good hearted person I don't care to know them at all really. | |
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| Does intelligence turn you on?
Posted: 7/30/2009 7:29:20 AM | [Where did all the big boob lovers go? Gees, I been on this site for almost 10 years, and today all of a sudden, its intelligent women men want. I give up. I could barely handle their boobs, just one moving part, and now OH OH....That poison gas from outer space has blanketed the earth, and any old divorced middle aged man who just wanted a quick NSA CE, with a college cheerleader (and her mome, sure) is dieing! Is there a farm or somewhere really far away from everything but not so far away its close to something else that I can go to, with the cheerleaders . I'll save them from being passed over by these brainiac fetishists and nuclear scientists that seem to have taken over POF in one day.
Frikin amazing, even to a divorced (who'd a thunked it) testosterone fueled low level borderline moronic smoker perv like me. I'm gonna go look for an "all women are confused lieing fat golddiggers" thread. There was a bunch yesterday, before all this men ar too respectful and like intelligence Hooeey.. ]
So when did intelligent equate to ugly or built like a ironing board.
ROFL MAOF I have found a lot of bueatiful and intelligent women why can't that exist in the same person. I know it looks like some trade in there jockstrap for bras sometimes but hang on old letcher its only one post rofl . Thanks for the big smile one my face though. Even a cheerleader can be smart.
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| Does intelligence turn you on?
Posted: 7/30/2009 7:43:54 AM | I think being smart is a good thing as long as it is not used to make the other person feel stupid or less than.
Smart comes in all different packages tho however, so I find many people highly intelligent that others dont seem to agree, or just cant see it.
I happen to like those with common sense ... Doesnt matter where you graduated as long as common sense was one of the degrees, Im all groovy!!!
I do think I would be a bit intimidated by a genius or something, some one who had a ginormous brain and knew EVERYTHING literally. hahahaha. Although they would be interesting as hell to have around.
Tee hee
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| Does intelligence turn you on?
Posted: 7/30/2009 8:46:26 AM | | Intelligence is actually a necessity for me. It gets often times confused with book learning. I'm talking about common sense and creative thinking. That's the stuff that I need to feel mentally stimulated. | |
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| Does intelligence turn you on?
Posted: 7/30/2009 9:41:41 AM | I found some really nice women, very pretty, who were just dumb as a stump in email or over the phone. Could not even imagine dating someone who is not also intellectually stimulating. I don't expect genius, but want someone with some brains. Beauty fades. Intelligence is an eternal turn-on.
Hey just my opinion. LOL | |
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| Does intelligence turn you on?
Posted: 7/30/2009 11:32:25 AM | | Intelligence can be a mismatch...if you have a different kind of intelligence. Some people are great reading people, some have a spacial intelligence, some mathematical and some just are incredible recepticles of information and can see relationships and patterns. It could be you just didn't have a similar kind of intelligence. It's not foolish to be attracted or intimidated by intelligence. It's foolish to stay with the wrong person. | |
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| Does intelligence turn you on?
Posted: 7/30/2009 4:41:13 PM | strong confident women really do it for me. pushy crass ones do not. Intelligence tempered with kindness and wisdom is wonderful, just intelligence without personality would only be good in my accountant/
NOt speaking to her politics or anything (avoid a poo storm) I think Sarah Palin is a good example of a strong confident woman that is still feminine with her husband and takes care of her kids. opposed to Hillary who seems a bit stiff and brittle, although she is proably a lot smarter/
I would like to have a vigorouse discussion on almost any topic with either of those ladies, but I would never consider taking hillary home with me. | |
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| Does intelligence turn you on?
Posted: 7/30/2009 7:41:02 PM | Zenith,
So what do you prefer? Dumb and ugly?
Really, if some guy thinks I'm too smart to date then I am apparently to smart to date his dumb a**. | |
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| Does intelligence turn you on?
Posted: 7/30/2009 7:42:51 PM | | NewCaneyTexas - good comments about Sarah and Hillary. I could almost feel sorry for Bill, but I won't. He makes me just a little too sick to my stomach. | |
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| Does intelligence turn you on?
Posted: 8/1/2009 12:25:10 PM | I wish I noticed this thread earlier ...
For me, I find intelligent women more of a turn on than a threat. I consider myself humble enough to know that you can always learn something new from anybody. I consider myself a pretty smart person and I'm always open to learning as well as sharing.
I have dated some intellectually stimulating women where we talked all night about a variety of subjects. We ended up talking until the sun came up. It was such an exhilarating feeling for a first date! I was lucky enough to date a few of these women long term and while those relationships may be over, that feeling of connecting still sits with me.
So, I suppose I find intelligence, be it "nerdy", "brainy" or maybe even "geeky" a turn on. I've met women who could fall into any of those three and to me they were always something special in meeting them, dating them or ending up in a relationship with them. | |
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| Does intelligence turn you on?
Posted: 8/1/2009 10:24:25 PM | "Just a small question --- is it normal for a guy to get intimidated by the intelligence of a girl? I dated this really intelligent girl ... felt a bit intimidated"
Normal? Probably -- unfortunately.
For me, it's normal to be bored and put off by dullards. Sometimes I think that maybe a solid half of all people believe that conversation is the art of repeating taglines from TeeVee and Hollywood.
Best girlfriend I ever had was a mathematics grad student. She was brilliant, and I don't think it's a coincidence that she was also a helluva lot of fun, and didn't waste her attention on the kind of social conventions and fluff that seem to distract so many people.....
For my money, the sexiest chix by far are women in the life sciences. NOT medicine, but biology research. | |
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| Does intelligence turn you on?
Posted: 8/1/2009 10:33:11 PM | "i just hate it when i have to dumbdown for a man to feel comfy"
If this thread is any indication, a whole lot of people seem to expect anybody with a speck of curiosity or learning to do exactly that. Otherwise, you're just being a snob. Depressing. | |
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| Does intelligence turn you on?
Posted: 8/1/2009 10:38:29 PM | "I doubt the study referenced above really had a group of very intelligent people. As I said before, I know of very few intelligent people. What others call intelligent is likely quite average.
With intelligence does come confidence for intelligence comprises much creativity to be able to pull off what they're not even trained to do."
Read up on the Dunning-Kruger effect. | |
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| Does intelligence turn you on?
Posted: 8/2/2009 10:30:59 AM |
If this thread is any indication, a whole lot of people seem to expect anybody with a speck of curiosity or learning to do exactly that. Otherwise, you're just being a snob. Depressing.
Actually, no, that was not what I said- what I did say was that intelligence does not particularly turn me on. The full story, though, is that neither does a lack of it. It simply does not register high in the things that I desire most- kindness, good ethics, looks that I like, and a compatible personality. Intelligence, to me, is neutral. I would never want anyone to "dumb down" for me, nor would I want anyone to feel pressured into trying to look more intellectual. I accept intelligence as it comes in a person.
As for the others whose answers apparently depressed you, they can speak for themselves. | |
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