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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Bobbie Johnson, technology correspondent

Mour's law: world's most beautiful geeks?

No way: Jose. Photograph: Matthew Lewis/Getty

Chelsea's swaggering manager Jose Mourinho - better known as "the special one" - came out with a fantastic little statement at the weekend. The came in response to accusations that the pitch at Stamford Bridge was a bit ropey. None of it, said the Portuguese Love God:

"Sometimes you see beautiful people with no brains," he said. "But you see ugly people who are intelligent scientists. Our pitch is a little bit like that."

Mour's Law, then, seems to be the old assumption that intelligence is inversely proportional to attractiveness. That's a hoary old cliche, of course, in no way underscored by modern reality TV shows. But is his "sometimes" an oblique challenge to that orthodoxy?

Actually, who cares?

This is just an excuse for a bit of reader participation: your chance to reveal to us some of the world's most beautiful geeks.

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