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It is not clear whether this is due to high IQ behavior being unattractive, or due to the prevalence of [[feminism]] shaming male academics to be impotent [[nice guy|nice guys]], or due to the fact that educated [[foid|foids]] are reluctant to date less educated men unless their earn substantially more (see [[hypergamy]]), or due to environmentalism making academic men less attractive to women as they are not as materialist also generating an overall future pessimism. Harder fields of study may have higher incel rates as they are more time consuming and professional specialization favors generally slow [[life history]] speed. Harder fields of study are also less normative, more evolutionary novel, which might have an alienating effect, reducing social and hence sexual success. | It is not clear whether this is due to high IQ behavior being unattractive, or due to the prevalence of [[feminism]] shaming male academics to be impotent [[nice guy|nice guys]], or due to the fact that educated [[foid|foids]] are reluctant to date less educated men unless their earn substantially more (see [[hypergamy]]), or due to environmentalism making academic men less attractive to women as they are not as materialist also generating an overall future pessimism. Harder fields of study may have higher incel rates as they are more time consuming and professional specialization favors generally slow [[life history]] speed. Harder fields of study are also less normative, more evolutionary novel, which might have an alienating effect, reducing social and hence sexual success. | ||
One study suggested there is a sweet spot for attractiveness at an IQ of 120 and with declining attractiveness above, which agrees with previously postulated hypothesis that too much of a desirable trait is detrimental. However, it is not clear whether this reflects actual mating choices.<ref>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321640585</ref> The sweet spot being way above the mean demonstrates that intelligence is still under positive sexual selection. | One study suggested there is a sweet spot for attractiveness at an IQ of 120 and with declining attractiveness above, which agrees with previously postulated hypothesis that too much of a desirable trait is detrimental. However, it is not clear whether this reflects actual mating choices.<ref>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321640585</ref> The sweet spot being way above the mean demonstrates that intelligence is still under positive [[Fisherian runaway#Intelligence|sexual selection]]. | ||
There is, however, also evidence for [[assortative mating]] (people preferring people with similar traits to themselves) in terms of intelligence. This had lead to speculation that this assortative mating will lead to lower social mobility among the less intelligent,<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0191886913006399</ref> perhaps even leading to caste systems based on IQ forming.<ref>https://westhunt.wordpress.com/2012/01/13/class-caste-and-genes/</ref> However, some have said these claims have never been substantiated.{{citation needed}} | There is, however, also evidence for [[assortative mating]] (people preferring people with similar traits to themselves) in terms of intelligence. This had lead to speculation that this assortative mating will lead to lower social mobility among the less intelligent,<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0191886913006399</ref> perhaps even leading to caste systems based on IQ forming.<ref>https://westhunt.wordpress.com/2012/01/13/class-caste-and-genes/</ref> However, some have said these claims have never been substantiated.{{citation needed}} | ||