Get 2x smarter or 2x attractive

And the only twist is that if you choose to be 2x smarter then your looks will fall by half
And if you choose to be 2x attractive then your intelligence will fall by half
Choose one

Can I get a third option? I'm already smart & attractive

Hmmmm

Don’t really want to get dumber and I’ve got enough looks to spare...

I’d choose smarter. Then I could cure cancer or something.

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@TimeTraveller1 said in #1:

And the only twist is that if you choose to be 2x smarter then your looks will fall by half
And if you choose to be 2x attractive then your intelligence will fall by half
Choose one

Well two times zero is zero and half of zero is also zero, so the only thing that will be changing in either case is my intelligence. Hence, the choice is obvious; I would choose to become twice as smart. Hopefully that will change at least.

It's an interesting question with answers that are revealing.

What would be revealed? Perhaps just what makes us, as a personal choice, most enjoy living. Here's what I mean:

(A) What can great attractiveness provide? It is not without some drawbacks -- ask any very attractive person and listen carefully to the response -- BUT it provides many advantages, too.

(Most) people try to please the attractive and are pleased to have them as friends. They can approach many normally stressful situations with confidence and ease. They can be a bit naturally intimidating -- without trying to be so or being in any way overbearing or mean. This can help a career and make management a bit easier. They can much more easily marry into success -- and before we knock that, we might wish to try it. It might not be bad at all!

What possible drawbacks might there be?

Well, sometimes very attractive people are not taken as seriously from an intellectual standpoint as they should be. Too many people, perhaps as a form of self-comfort, like to assume that very attractive people must not be "all that intelligent." Think, for example, of "blonde jokes" -- even though there are plenty of hyper-good-looking people who are blonde and plenty who are not blonde. (Of course, hair color is not at all a reliable tell for intellect or its lack.)

But, of course, there are many very attractive people who are also very intelligent. Is that unfair? Who knows. Maybe it shows the presence of great karma from a life well lived. But make no mistake -- you can't assume somebody isn't very bright merely because they are handsome or pretty. Look, for example, at Lara Trump. Or, I have to admit it, at former presidents Obama or Clinton.

So -- to summarize a bit and support my initial claim -- if you wish to explore what the world has to offer -- and forge a successful career -- and travel or otherwise go boldly into new experiences -- you might wish to be very handsome or pretty. It will probably help.

(B) What can great intelligence provide? It is not without some drawbacks -- ask any highly intelligent person and listen carefully to the response -- BUT it provides many advantages, too.

This time, perhaps, it's better to start with possible drawbacks, since they are a bit harder to forsee.

Paradoxically enough, it is not necessarily a career advantage to be very intelligent, because sometimes the ability to quickly see many alternatives can become a bit ... paralyzing. The more easily and quickly you can see what can go wrong -- and what genuine stumbling blocks might need to be overcome -- the more difficult it becomes to simply go forward, knowing that fortune cannot be mastered by thought and will power alone.

Furthermore, sometimes those who have attained power -- unless they are quite principled, mature and emotionally secure -- are not entirely comfortable around workplace subordinates with superior intellects. This can actually cause some careers to be hindered rather than enhanced. Not always, of course. But it's not a possibility to just chuckle away.

What are the benefits? To walk through life having routine situations present unexpected interest, even fascination. To feel the upwelling gladness that comes with unexpected epiphany -- and feel that many times per week. To find beautiful patterns; to learn quickly as others struggle; to sense more easily and quickly when others are trying to dissemble or are not being logical; to greet standardized testing not with anxiety but with happy anticipation.

So -- again to summarize a bit and support my initial claim -- if you wish life to be often and unexpectedly fascinating and to find much that is not easily found -- you might wish to be very intelligent. It will probably help.

In the meantime, I'll try to avoid mirrors and avoid playing chess with those rated in the 2,000s, while striving to improve my karma -- hoping that sometime in the (perhaps distant?) future, that will pay off. After all, sometimes people seem to get smarter -- and better looking -- as the years pass! Perhaps it's the result of good karma!

Don't believe me? Go to a 20-year high school reunion and see! You might find some people to have changed startlingly for the better!
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2 times 0 is still 0

two times smarter and take over the world,,muaahhahahaa

@Oportunist said in #8:

two times smarter and take over the world,,muaahhahahaa
Oh sir I'm scared pls in that case let me be your assistant

@KrishaMorjariya23 said in #2:

Can I get a third option? I'm already smart & attractive
Uhh I'm jealous:(