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Study Claims Taller People Are Smarter
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Must be true...
I answered 12 questions correctly on University Challenge this evening, and I'm 6'4". 😀
I answered 12 questions correctly on University Challenge this evening, and I'm 6'4". 😀
taller=smarter?
Given that the average size of humans has increased over the centuries, one might conclude that mankind is getting smarter. Ooops, I think I just proved the study wrong 😱 Well, I am 189cm tall. 😀
Given that the average size of humans has increased over the centuries, one might conclude that mankind is getting smarter. Ooops, I think I just proved the study wrong 😱 Well, I am 189cm tall. 😀
QuarterSwede
macrumors G4
I don't believe it. There is no correlation between larger animals and being more intelligent (think of an elephant and how smart it should be). In fact, the size of the brain to size of animal is what matters, that also explains why humans are so smart.
xsedrinam
macrumors 601
A patient's family gathered to hear what the specialists had to say. "Things don't look good. The only chance is a brain transplant. This is an experimental procedure. It might work, but the bad news is that brains are very expensive, and you will have to pay the cost yourselves."
"Well, how much does a brain cost?" asked the relatives.
"For a male brain, $500,000. For a female brain, $200,000."
Some of the younger male relatives tried to looked shocked, but all the men nodded because they thought they understood. A few actually smirked. But the patient's daughter was unsatisfied and asked, "Why the difference in price betweem male and female brains?"
"A standard pricing practice." said the head of the team. "Women's brains have to be marked down because they have been used."
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"Well, how much does a brain cost?" asked the relatives.
"For a male brain, $500,000. For a female brain, $200,000."
Some of the younger male relatives tried to looked shocked, but all the men nodded because they thought they understood. A few actually smirked. But the patient's daughter was unsatisfied and asked, "Why the difference in price betweem male and female brains?"
"A standard pricing practice." said the head of the team. "Women's brains have to be marked down because they have been used."
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pink-pony115
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skunk said:
ha ha! Good effort. 12 was my record last night, normally hover around the 8 mark. Glad to see someone else competes too.
i'm 6.6" and still growing. my first report card this mid year said straight A bar an A+, enough said...
comictimes
macrumors 6502a
i think this is true.
when i was in kindergarden i could spell my first name, by 3rd grade my middle name, and by 7th grade i could spell my last name... 🙄
when i was in kindergarden i could spell my first name, by 3rd grade my middle name, and by 7th grade i could spell my last name... 🙄
ReanimationLP
macrumors 68030
KingYaba said:
Seconded. It was a pain to even just kiss my ex-girlfriend when we were dating. She was 5' 1", I was 6' 3".
topicolo
macrumors 68000
Wow. I'm noticing that a lot of people are either praising or calling this study BS based only on personal anecdotes. You guys do realize that anecdotes, compared to a sample size of between 8637 to 435514 people studied over decades, mean nothing, right?
Anecdotes are especially useless because when our minds recall something, we tend to only remember things that support our biases in the first place, making the "obvious" evidence seem more convincing than they really are. The other thing is exactly what Mr. Skills mentioned repeatedly: this study claims that taller people are correlated with being smarter. This could also mean that smart people tend to eat healthier and sleep longer so they tend to grow taller or that taller people are smarter. There's no way to tell which is right
Either way, the biggest problem I see with this study is that it's completely based on surveys. It's easy to present yourself as better or wealthier than you are when you are surveyed and people who don't want to be surveyed don't get included so the sample population isn't representative of real life.
Anecdotes are especially useless because when our minds recall something, we tend to only remember things that support our biases in the first place, making the "obvious" evidence seem more convincing than they really are. The other thing is exactly what Mr. Skills mentioned repeatedly: this study claims that taller people are correlated with being smarter. This could also mean that smart people tend to eat healthier and sleep longer so they tend to grow taller or that taller people are smarter. There's no way to tell which is right
Either way, the biggest problem I see with this study is that it's completely based on surveys. It's easy to present yourself as better or wealthier than you are when you are surveyed and people who don't want to be surveyed don't get included so the sample population isn't representative of real life.
my friend who is like 5 ft...is by FAR the smartest person in our school so i'm inclined to think this is bs.