I know it sounds shallow and superficial but I would choose beauty over brains any day. I know most people would not wait to listen to my point before blowing the roof off but trust me there’s a deeper sense in my stance.
It has been proven that nature selects the finest and fittest of a species to survive and produce the next generation. Most times anything weak and incapable is rejected or flushed out. That shows you that nature makes even physical fitness paramount. When you meet someone for the first time the very first thing you take more of is what they look like. Their mental capabilities are not ingrained on their foreheads. You notice how they look and how they dress before they even open their mouths.
Even society values beauty over brains. That’s why a model earns far more than a professor ever will. That’s why the entertainment industry picks the most physically appealing people to host shows, to act movies or to cast the news. Because they have learned quite truly that beauty pulls crowd and crowds brings in good ratings. This is why the entertainment industry makes a huge amount of net worth annually. That’s while the Angelina Jolie’s and Scarlett Johansson’s of the world are far richer than the Stephen Hawking’s and the Albert Einstein’s.
Most of us like to sound politically correct and that's why whenever the debate of beauty over brains is brought up, the most response is in favour of brains. But can we answer this question sincerely? Would you rather wake up one morning looking like Brad Pitt/Salma Hayek or would you rather understand quantum physics /engineering mathematics?
Whether we like to admit it or not, no matter how feminist or forward thinking or all accepting you are, deep in our hearts, we all want to be beautiful. Be it high cheek bones, good height, a washboard tummy, a great hairline or whatever your concept of beauty is, we want to have it. That’s why great men, men who we expect to know better, keep falling for beautiful women. From the biblical King Solomon and Samson to the former United States president, Bill Clinton and so many others we have read and know about. We also find women drooling shamelessly over Ryan Gosling, Joseph Manganelo, George Clooney, Chris Evans, Jake Gyllenhaal and the likes. Now what do all these people have in common? An astounding physical appeal.
Another thing: people copulate because they find their partner sexually appealing. And even though this sexual appeal might result from a host of factors including intelligence (sapiosexuals), a greater percentage of people have sex because their partner was physically attractive to them.
We go to the gym, we eat right and rest when appropriate so that we can be and look healthy. Trust me at the heart of this desire is a need to look attractive to the opposite sex and get laid. We want to fawned over and idolized and chased after. It sounds over the top but that’s one of man's deepest fantasies.
Therefore I choose beauty over brains every time.
