# The World's Sexiest Brains
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-sexiest-brains/239617
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [April 12, 2004, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-sexiest-brains/239617 "2004-04-12T16:07:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
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### Author:  [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2004, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-sexiest-brains/239617/1 "2004-04-12T16:07:24Z")
My post on the _Best Authors_ thread made me once again realize my lust for [Brian Greene](http://phys.columbia.edu/faculty/greene.htm), the superstring theorist. He’s just sooooo dreamy, and it’s more his brain than his body (though I’d take either— ftr, I’ve no idea whether or not he’s gay).
Who are some people you think are sexy as much (or more) for their minds as their appearances?
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### Author:  [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2004, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-sexiest-brains/239617/2 "2004-04-12T16:34:11Z")
Very common. For instance, I’d love to mix it up with Dame Judy Dench, and it isn’t 'cuz of her cute skins or anything.
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### Author:  [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2004, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-sexiest-brains/239617/3 "2004-04-12T21:17:05Z")
**The World’s Sexiest Brains…**
Yeah, you’re right… that _would_ make a good slogan for the SDMB.
Anyhow, my nomination for World’s Sexiest Brain is **Phoebe Juel** , winner of the 1993 or so Jeopardy College Championship. Yowza!
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### Author:  [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2004, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-sexiest-brains/239617/4 "2004-04-13T00:42:08Z")
Well thinking back a generation or so, **Julie Newmar** was _really_ sexy and has a genius IQ (or so I’ve heard).
**Jill St John** also has a very high IQ.
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### Author:  [@gooti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gooti)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2004, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-sexiest-brains/239617/5 "2004-04-13T01:09:02Z")
This is right up my alley. Over the years I’ve had crushes on:
Jeff Goldblum
Kevin Spacey (I know, I know…)
David Duchovney
They all just seem so intelligent, and, curiously enough, they all remind me of my husband in some ways.
What a lucky gal am I. 🙂
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### Author:  [@Bernard\_Marx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bernard_Marx)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2004, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-sexiest-brains/239617/6 "2004-04-13T03:09:00Z")
No thread of this nature would be complete without a mention of [Carol Vorderman](http://www.absolutenow.com/new/vorder~1.html)
IQ of 167 and a member of MENSA, according to IMDb
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### Author:  [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2004, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-sexiest-brains/239617/7 "2004-04-13T07:12:14Z")
I’ve always had a serious crush on Jane Goodall.
What’s this? Another blonde hair. Doing a little more “research” with that Jane Goodall Tramp?
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### Author:  [@Low\_Key\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Low_Key_1)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2004, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-sexiest-brains/239617/8 "2004-04-13T12:52:24Z")
> [@](#):
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> No thread of this nature would be complete without a mention of Carol Vorderman
Just what I was going to say. Well, I better be off now, need to get some lunch, then its Beat the Nation followed by Countdown. Yay for daytime TV!
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### Author:  [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2004, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-sexiest-brains/239617/9 "2004-04-13T14:19:40Z")
> [@bienville](#):
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> I’ve always had a serious crush on Jane Goodall.
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> What’s this? Another blonde hair. Doing a little more “research” with that Jane Goodall Tramp?
A story that made me like her all the more is when I read that her reps took major objection to the Gary Larson cartoon above and insisted he print an apology. She was in Africa at the time and when reached for comment she hadn’t heard of the cartoon. When she saw it she laughed out loud- she loved it.
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### Author:  [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2004, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-sexiest-brains/239617/10 "2004-04-13T14:55:23Z")
The brain voiced by Kathleen Turner in _The Man With Two Brains_.
What?
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### Author:  [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2004, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-sexiest-brains/239617/11 "2004-04-13T15:03:28Z")
Whoops, turns out Sissy Spacek did the voiceover. Still sexy.
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### Author:  [@gum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gum)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2004, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-sexiest-brains/239617/12 "2004-04-13T15:35:30Z")
**Emma Thompson** [beauty, brains AND a sense of humor.](http://www.muldermedia.com/emma/)