yahoo reports - Smarter kids may live longer. |
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 Nov 11 2005, 08:02 PM
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051111/hl_nm/iq_life_dc
QUOTE NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Smarter children may enjoy longer lives, the results of a new study suggest. The study, which followed elderly adults deemed gifted by childhood IQ tests, found that the higher their early IQs were, the longer they lived -- up to a point, at least. The survival advantage began to plateau after a childhood IQ of 163, an intelligence level few people reach. FORRRRREEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAL???????????????  must be a slow news day..
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Nov 11 2005, 08:04 PM
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 Just try giving an average teenager a knife and see how long they last. |
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Nov 11 2005, 08:19 PM
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^ lol.
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Nov 11 2005, 08:21 PM
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 Peggy. Group: Member Posts: 2,508 Joined: Aug 2005 Member No: 214,025 |
They can prevent themselves not to die because of their own fault but they couldn't prevent people who are trying to kill them.
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Nov 11 2005, 08:24 PM
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nevermind. that sounded meaner than I meant it
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Nov 11 2005, 09:25 PM
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well then ill be living for a longgg time. =] haha
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Nov 11 2005, 09:29 PM
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 Queen of Random Information Group: Member Posts: 825 Joined: Jun 2005 Member No: 157,057 |
Well I guess I can expect to live a long time.. but with all the corruption in America you can hardly walk out your front door for fear of being shot, raped, robbed, kidnapped, or a variety of other nasty outcomes.
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Nov 11 2005, 09:32 PM
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Whoaaaaaaa.
im surprised some people havent died yet. |
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Nov 11 2005, 10:48 PM
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Mozart died of young age and his IQ was quite high. Must've been his alcohol problem.
[jerry] |
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Nov 11 2005, 10:53 PM
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QUOTE(lil boi @ Nov 11 2005, 7:48 PM) Mozart died of young age and his IQ was quite high. Must've been his alcohol problem. [jerry]  Mozart had a high IQ but he died with little dignity. Once highly respected as a child prodigy, he was buried in a pauper's grave, penniless from lavish spending and lost all respect from his fellow composers. It's no wonder he died young. |
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Nov 12 2005, 12:00 AM
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 This bitch better work! Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 13,681 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 28,095 |
that is interesting..........
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Nov 12 2005, 12:47 AM
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so does that mean that people with exceptionally low IQ die faster?
if it were true in all cases, then the human race might be getting smarter... |
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Nov 12 2005, 01:24 AM
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QUOTE(tweeak @ Nov 11 2005, 7:04 PM) Just try giving an average teenager a knife and see how long they last. it seems like anything now-a-days will make you live longer. |
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Nov 12 2005, 01:32 AM
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ROFL. My grandmother never went to school and she's 103.
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Nov 12 2005, 01:34 AM
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i think you guys are missing the point - or maybe i too general
i was sarcastic pointing out the "breakthrough" because i thought it was common sense to people that smarter people make smarter decisions which would allow them to live longer lol like you got a person with IQ 35 and a person with IQ 160 standing on the edge of a cliff. a butterfly flys past them both. who is most likely to jump to catch the butterfly? lol |
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Nov 12 2005, 01:45 AM
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This bitch better work! Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 13,681 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 28,095 |
^ GREAT analogy.
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Nov 12 2005, 06:16 AM
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 say maydayism. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,447 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 26,344 |
Interesting...
But smarter people might be more stressful as they have higher abilities to accomplish things... and stress is not good for health... |
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Nov 12 2005, 10:41 AM
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QUOTE(let me post @ Nov 12 2005, 1:34 AM) i think you guys are missing the point - or maybe i too general i was sarcastic pointing out the "breakthrough" because i thought it was common sense to people that smarter people make smarter decisions which would allow them to live longer lol like you got a person with IQ 35 and a person with IQ 160 standing on the edge of a cliff. a butterfly flys past them both. who is most likely to jump to catch the butterfly? lol That's what I was trying to get at with the knife thing |
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Nov 12 2005, 10:44 AM
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QUOTE(tweeak @ Nov 11 2005, 9:04 PM) Just try giving an average teenager a knife and see how long they last. hahahha
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Nov 12 2005, 03:35 PM
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haha... jump to catch the butterfly... I love that.
Yeah, must have been a slow news day. |
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Nov 13 2005, 12:03 PM
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probably because smart ppl are less likely to run onto roads and stuff.
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