[madbadgalaxyman (Robert)]

Interesting discussion, Suzy, about looks vs brains.

Seriously, if a person is going to spend about 18 hours per day doing science, which is probably what it takes to make a contribution at the highest level, she/he is probably going to end up looking pretty awful.
(being a professional scientist is quite "unbalanced" in terms of the contrast between the level of physical activity and the level of mental activity that is engaged in by the scientist)

I once recall meeting a handsome young scientist of athletic appearance, and twenty years later I see that he looks really old...... in fact he has acquired the exact appearance of a wasted old dero in the park!
Sad, really, that prolonged intellectual activity in the absence of exercize and other activities, can have these effects.

cheers, Robert

P.S. If, as I suspect (no proof at all, for now), scientists as a group are not a particularly long lived cohort, this would provide hard evidence for my theory about the physical effects of 24/7/365 science on the human body.