let me post
Nov 11 2005, 08:02 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051111/hl_nm/iq_life_dcQUOTE
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..
tweeak
Nov 11 2005, 08:04 PM
Just try giving an average teenager a knife and see how long they last.
xsign_my_heartx
Nov 11 2005, 08:19 PM
^ lol.
sprezzatura
Nov 11 2005, 08:21 PM
They can prevent themselves not to die because of their own fault but they couldn't prevent people who are trying to kill them.
tweeak
Nov 11 2005, 08:24 PM
nevermind. that sounded meaner than I meant it
xcaitlinx
Nov 11 2005, 09:25 PM
well then ill be living for a longgg time. =] haha
SillyCourtney
Nov 11 2005, 09:29 PM
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.
Funkadelic.Kiss
Nov 11 2005, 09:32 PM
Whoaaaaaaa.
im surprised some people havent died yet.
Note
Nov 11 2005, 10:48 PM
Mozart died of young age and his IQ was quite high. Must've been his alcohol problem.
[jerry]
Gigi
Nov 11 2005, 10:53 PM
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.
Franklyyn
Nov 12 2005, 12:00 AM
that is interesting..........
aera
Nov 12 2005, 12:47 AM
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...
incoherent
Nov 12 2005, 01:24 AM
QUOTE(tweeak @ Nov 11 2005, 7:04 PM)
Just try giving an average teenager a knife and see how long they last.
nicki, you seem so depressed now. that made me laugh though.
it seems like anything now-a-days will make you live longer.
Julietary
Nov 12 2005, 01:32 AM
ROFL. My grandmother never went to school and she's 103.
let me post
Nov 12 2005, 01:34 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
Franklyyn
Nov 12 2005, 01:45 AM
^ GREAT analogy.
gelionie
Nov 12 2005, 06:16 AM
Interesting...
But smarter people might be more stressful as they have higher abilities to accomplish things... and stress is not good for health...
tweeak
Nov 12 2005, 10:41 AM
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
iheartsimba
Nov 12 2005, 10:44 AM
QUOTE(tweeak @ Nov 11 2005, 9:04 PM)
Just try giving an average teenager a knife and see how long they last.
hahahha
Fabio.
Nov 12 2005, 03:35 PM
haha... jump to catch the butterfly... I love that.
Yeah, must have been a slow news day.
miss-_-guitar
Nov 13 2005, 12:03 PM
probably because smart ppl are less likely to run onto roads and stuff.
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