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Sana mens, sana capore
Any healthy adult relationship (as opposed to either adolescent or friendship) has both a physical and an intellectual dimension. Focusing on one or the other is like trying to stand on one leg which generally results in things falling over eventually because you start looking for the missing dimension somewhere else (sometimes with ladies of negotiable virtue).
There is a name for the relationships that they seek to establish: platonic. And that's fine as long as you understand that either (a) you're not going to find a life partner that way or (b) you like to fill inside straights. Intellectual compatibility does not guarantee physical compatibility and vice a versa. Filling inside straights isn't a good poker strategy either.