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> Attractiveness should be totally uncorrelated to intelligence

Why would you think so? Isn't it the case that smarter guys make more money (or are otherwise more successful), allowing them to chose among more potential partners, some of them being physically attractive and selected for that reason? The offspring would be both smart (after the daddy) and pretty (after the mummy).

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Could the offspring not be dumb (after the mummy) and ugly (after the daddy)?

Yes, but those offspring would (theoretically) be less likely to reproduce.

Taking into account my trips to Walmart, I don't think that's an accurate statement.

The rich wouldn't shop at Walmart.

Nonsense. The mega-rich likely do not, but people with $1-10 million still do. My boss's wife still does.

Yeah, that (or something like it) is why I added the second half of that sentence.

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