I guess the researchers weren’t aware of this study:
I read the article.
This is the kind of thing that makes me wonder why so many people worship God. You’d think He’d make unattractive people more gifted, better in bed, or whatever, to compensate for what was taken away from them by the genetic lottery.
This idea (beautiful = more intelligent) automatically puts GATTACA-like visions into my head.
People should not be worshipping God (or man, Heaven forbid). They should be worshipping the fact that the world can be a cold, cruel place, and learn to deal with that fact.