Beauty and intelligence may - or may not - be related

Kevin Denny

Open Access publications from School of Economics, University College Dublin

Abstract: In a recent paper, Kanazawa and Kovar (2004) assert that given certain empirical regularities about assortative mating and the heritability of intelligence and beauty, that it logically follows that more intelligent people are more beautiful. It is argued here that this “theorem” is false and that the evidence does not support it.

Keywords: Aesthetics; Intellect; Interpersonal attraction (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008-02
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