Am I Smarter Than the Average Bear?

Well, maybe

You took music lessons

Check.

You’re the oldest

Check

You’re thin

Check

You have a cat

Check.

You were breastfed

Check

You’ve used recreational drugs

Ah, no.

You’re left-handed

No.

You’re tall

Not especially…

You drink alcohol regularly

No.

You’re politically liberal
Kanazawa led another study that found the farther left you fall on the political spectrum, the smarter you are.

Among thousands of American adults, those who scored higher on IQ tests as kids and adolescents were more likely to report being politically liberal.

Bollocks. Politically liberal  and leftwing are two  different things. If you are leftwing, you are more than likely to be a nasty little totalitarian. I am not that. I am liberal – in the dictionary sense.

You learned to read early

I was a fluent reader before I went to school.

You worry a lot

If I didn’t worry, I’d be worried that there was nothing to worry about.

You’re funny

Dunno. Am I?

7 Comments

  1. “the farther left you fall on the political spectrum, the smarter you are”

    I’m pretty sure the further to the left you are, the more likely you are to run out of body bags and need to use mass graves.

    Still, at least they’re not classifying those of us who disagree as mentally ill. Yet.

    • Well, quite. What is it with these idiots? Being left-wing means the ability to ignore completely the lessons of the last century. Not very smart at all.

    • “I’m pretty sure the further to the left you are, the more likely you are to run out of body bags and need to use mass graves”

      You can say the same about conservatism or economic liberalism. The further these ideologies move towards right wing dogmatism and intolerance, the more dead bodies accumulate.

  2. Took piano lessons as an adult; Oldest; Thin; Have cats; Was breastfed a bit; Never used illegal drugs; Left handed; Average height; Drink in moderation but stop when training for a big physical challenge; Learned to read along with the other kids; Not a worrier; Can be funny sometimes.

    I don’t think that I need all of this to prove that I am of above average intelligence. I find it interesting that otherwise intelligent people can be left wing in much the same way that otherwise intelligent people can be religious. Both groups of people believe things that are demonstrably false. But then nobody can be right all the time so I try not to be too clever about it in case I do too.

  3. The findings that American “liberals” (I.e. Lefties) tend to be better educated and more intelligent than conservatives is hardly new or surprising and there is abundant evidence to corroborate it. A sub species of right winger that bucks this trend is the economic liberal, or libertarian. But it never ceases to amaze me that otherwise bright libertarians can believe so many things that are demonstrably untrue. Libertarianism is more a cult than a coherent and defensible political ideology

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