Beautiful=Smarter?

Slate Article discussing whether beauty makes people smarter. Choice quotes with little actual scientific data; just how Slate likes their articles. But it does lead to a valid question of how and why this correlation comes about. Moreover, it's unclear whether beauty corresponds to smarter, or just more preferable, which we're charmed by and unable to see through. Uh oh future lawyers of America, not even our scholarly pursuits are free from this preference.

It is not just politicians whom we prefer to be beautiful. A number of studies, many involving American economist Daniel Hamermesh, have found that "ugly" people earn less in many walks of life, from advertising to law. The beauty premium seems to apply even in professions where there is no reason to expect that beauty counts.