alt Hacker News"possession of these traits is significantly linked to creativity (Soda et al., 2021)" - This might be a hint that male attractiveness is correlated with IQ. Explicitly mentioning associations with IQ is taboo in academia.
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atwrk • yesterday at 12:31 PM
And have you tried to find out why IQ associations are "taboo" in academia?
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nathan_compton • yesterday at 12:35 PM
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=IQ
Yes, crickets.
That's an interesting take given that the previous sentence specifically lists "these traits" and none of them sounds like "IQ":
> attractive individuals are more socially skilled, have more open social networks
I'd say you need different evidence if you want to grind that axe.