Successful Cambridge Applicants Chat - 2006

Well, psychology is hardly an exact science, and I'm hardly a practitioner. But I wouldn't be at all surprised if your looks had something to do with the number of male friends you have.

You have to stop that back-talk early.

Well, psychology is hardly an exact science, and I'm hardly a practitioner. But I wouldn't be at all surprised if your looks had something to do with the number of male friends you have.

An inversely proportional relationship, right?

The man has a point...
That'd be quite an interesting study actually; relationship between attractiveness and proportion of friends of the opposite sex...

It would actually!





God, we're geeks.

That'd be quite an interesting study actually; relationship between attractiveness and proportion of friends of the opposite sex...

All I'm saying is, if you are attracted to someone, then it's unlikely to be because "he's a nice guy". Whether on a conscious or subconscious level, it's 99.9% likely to be sexually motivated in my experience.

Yeah...Ah well, we're going to Cam, we can get away with it

Doesn't being attracted to someone imply a sexual motivation?

to me the most attractive quality by far is intelligence

Yes, you're right, but that's usually covered up by comments such as "he's got a really great sense of humour" or "he's a great listener" or "we have lots of things in common" in order to make the attraction seem more 'pure'. Which is where I'd argue the whole concept of 'love' comes from - society's attempt to cover up what is unlikely to be more than a physical attraction.

EDIT:

Case in point! :P

As for love, hmm, I'm not sure. I think a lot of it is probably biochemical trickery. Can be nice though, but not always worth the hassle!

Haha, I don't know about that! Intelligence can make someone who I wouldn't normally go for seem incredibly attractive. Show me someone average looking in the street, "meh", tell me he has a PhD (as long as it's not in a social science ) and I'll be a lot more interested!

Well, I was, miss neutron never came out


*grumbles about women who say that and never actually look at such guys as anything more than friends *

And as for cynicism, well, I'm very cynical as you know, Ted...

I didnt mean it that way
I just meant i own your soul.....

Mmm, I agree. I'm sure what we call 'love' is very nice, and I'd like very much to be proved wrong, fall in love, and have some sort of fairytale relationship where everything is just swell, but it's just not something I believe in.

You guys, brotherly love 4 teh win!!11!! (Not incest mind)

Lol, well, obviously there are other factors apart from physical appearance that people find sexy. For you it may be partly down to intelligence, which I'd say is rare. But those factors are just as likely to be negative as they are to be positive - some people become locked in a pattern of abusive relationships because, subconsciously, there's something about it that they find inherently attractive.