A dating Web site exclusively for smart people sounds like a good idea in theory. IntelligentPeople.com weeds out the dummies by mandating members take an IQ test to prove their intelligence.
Unfortunately, weeding out dummies doesn't weed out weirdos. Yeah, it's all fun and games to schedule dinner with a NASA technician. But what about when you're forced to make small talk for an hour because the dude's so freaking awkward? Didn't we learn anything from that "Beauty and the Geek" show? Smart does not always equal socially savvy.
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Obviously, not all smart folks are geeks. We'd love to date a well-read, eloquent scholar who can talk literature and current events. But we'd also like to have a little fun, too. And if our future husband is more interested in our IQ score than our personality, well, we'd rather take our chances somewhere else.
Would you sign up for this dating site? Does it narrow the dating field, or is it just plain snobby?
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Ethan Hawke We were sad enough when this brainy babe's artsy-smartsy marriage to Uma Thurman ended. But to then shack up and have a baby with the nanny to his kids? For shame! Jerkometer rating: 4
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Wednesday 29 April
By Jack
Maybe they should call it Mensa4Mensa.
May, You should work on your powers of reasoning,
Butch DeCossas was demonstrating (with futlity in your case) the fact that intelligence is no guarantee of someone being a nice person. He didn't assert that ALL smart people are manipulative and sociopathic. His point was obvious. If you use only IQ as a means of determining suitable dating material, you might end up with Ted Bundy. Or his reincarnation. You are undoubtedly a product of our sad educational system. The sky is blue ,May. Although it may not be blue everyday, it's still a valid statement.
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Wednesday 29 April
By Les
ummmmmmmmmmm. Let's mark it down again. This time, I regret to tell you it is going to be 87 total IQ for you. Our panel, herein called me, was bewildered as to how one gets an "MBA in Chemistry". Would that be an MS Bubba?
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