Which of these people are intelligent? Can you really tell by looking?
Never judge a book by a cover. Never judge a soul by a face.
2 comments:
Felix
said...
Someone told me that their test for intelligence was whether the person appeared interested and curious about things.
I think this can be a modestly effective test, although some very bright people don't look bright.
Applying the above approach to your pictures, my only conclusions were that Peano looks intelligent and that W D Jones and Jackie Kennedy don't seem particularly bright.
A similar point is that some folk just freeze in front of a camera. So I wouldn't draw any adverse conclusions from Pugsey Hurley's photo.
Anyhow, the above approach doesn't indicate how bright a person is. So I'd conclude that Peano is bright but was he run of the mill or a real genius?
A last point - can we increase our intelligence (or at least our functioning intelligence) by changing the way we look?
2 comments:
Someone told me that their test for intelligence was whether the person appeared interested and curious about things.
I think this can be a modestly effective test, although some very bright people don't look bright.
Applying the above approach to your pictures, my only conclusions were that Peano looks intelligent and that W D Jones and Jackie Kennedy don't seem particularly bright.
A similar point is that some folk just freeze in front of a camera. So I wouldn't draw any adverse conclusions from Pugsey Hurley's photo.
Anyhow, the above approach doesn't indicate how bright a person is. So I'd conclude that Peano is bright but was he run of the mill or a real genius?
A last point - can we increase our intelligence (or at least our functioning intelligence) by changing the way we look?
I don't think facelifts make people smarter, no.
And do I know you, Felix?
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