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* Status signaling among upper class might distinguish/polarize itself from activities in lower classes where people produce many offspring for ecological reasons, hoping one child will make it (favoring fast LH) which may be seen as uncouth behavior in higher class circles | * Status signaling among upper class might distinguish/polarize itself from activities in lower classes where people produce many offspring for ecological reasons, hoping one child will make it (favoring fast LH) which may be seen as uncouth behavior in higher class circles | ||
* Harder fields of study are also less normative, more evolutionary novel, which might have an alienating effect [[mismatch hypothesis]], reducing social and hence sexual success | * Harder fields of study are also less normative, more evolutionary novel, which might have an alienating effect [[mismatch hypothesis]], reducing social and hence sexual success | ||
* People with very high IQs may be more neurotic and prone to various mental disturbances/disorders that are generally deleterious in regards to achieving sexual success. A study on American members of the high-IQ society, mensa (N = 3715), found evidence of much higher incidences of depression, anxiety disorders, and autism among those surveyed. There were also higher incidences of food and environmental allergies and autoimmune disorders compared to the general population. It is important to note many of these elevated risks were based on self-diagnoses, however a tendency to diagnose oneself with diseases may indicate hypochondria, and thus higher neuroticism.<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160289616303324</ref> | |||
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]]. | 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]]. | ||