Comment by pmarreck

The only definition by which porn, beauty, intelligence, aliveness, and creativity are all known

(seriously, forget this stuff: Consider how you come up with an algorithm for how creative or beautiful something is?)

A line that used to work (back when I was in a part of my life where lines were a thing) was "I can tell you're smart, which means that you can tell I'm smart, because like sees like." Usually got a smile out of 'em.