>Why do we value youth and beauty instead of education and accomplishments? I for one, do value these traits. If I were to choose between two equally looking g

>Why do we value youth and beauty instead of education and accomplishments? I for one, do value these traits. If I were to choose between two equally looking girls, I would choose the smarter. On the other hand, I have a strict lower bound for appearance, and no amount of education or accomplishment can compensate for being under that threshold. We can still talk about programming though!