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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 07:51 PM Original message |
High IQ link to being vegetarian (BBC) {Healthier too!} |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
1. either way - aren't all those scores kind of low? |
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Tunkamerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 08:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. average is 90-100 |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 08:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. oh. i thought average was like 110-120. my mistake. |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 08:10 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Actually 100 is average, by definition. |
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lvx35 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 08:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. when a sample set is tested, the average score is always 100. |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
5. excellent info |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 12:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
32. lvx must be a vegetarian. |
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longship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
6. How can this be meaningful? |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 11:22 AM Response to Reply #6 |
22. Bullocks indeed |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
7. These kinds of studies always make me laugh. |
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Zan_of_Texas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 08:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Dup |
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Zan_of_Texas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 08:19 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Agreed, Rosemary. |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 08:35 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. It's pretty simple really |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 02:17 PM Response to Reply #15 |
42. Apparently, the people in the study weren't all strict vegetarians. |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
10. Thinking about your diet at all suggests a higher IQ |
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noahmijo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 08:52 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. I think that's the best answer to this whole topic right there |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
11. There wouldn't be any correlation with affluence, would there? |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 08:25 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. That's a good point too. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 08:29 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. It's probably just a coincidence that this comes out after the E Coli recalls. |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 08:32 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I saw that too |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 02:28 PM Response to Reply #13 |
45. I noticed - yet they also say that more women are vegetarians. |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 11:11 AM Response to Reply #11 |
20. Exactly. |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 11:24 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. How can you say that though when a vegetarian diet is less expensive? |
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Stardust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 02:19 PM Response to Reply #23 |
43. Are you sure about that? Are you vegetarian? I was for several years |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 02:44 PM Response to Reply #43 |
50. I am a vegetarian |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 11:19 AM Response to Reply #11 |
21. A vegetarian diet is generally less expensive than a meat based diet |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 11:30 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. The cost of ground beef on a per calorie basis is FAR lower than |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 11:42 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Well most people get way more calories than they need |
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Feron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 01:30 PM Response to Reply #26 |
39. Of course if you eat nuts... |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 11:47 AM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Whole chickens are pretty inexpensive too |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 11:56 AM Response to Reply #24 |
30. I don't think anybody's going to eat 11 pounds of spinach at a meal. |
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electron_blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 01:00 PM Response to Reply #24 |
33. Whenever I've been pushed to the limit of poverty in my life, the first |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 01:06 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. just the opposite for me. |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 02:49 PM Response to Reply #33 |
51. I loves my beans & rice ! |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 09:35 PM Response to Reply #51 |
66. Haven't you heard? Margarine is considered a "trans-fat" |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 02:30 PM Response to Reply #21 |
46. I think "fashionable diets" might refer to |
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Rob H. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 12:01 PM Response to Reply #11 |
31. I'm vegetarian and far from affluent |
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Dastard Stepchild (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 01:32 PM Response to Reply #31 |
40. Same here :) |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 02:35 PM Response to Reply #31 |
47. Rice and beans are cheap. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 03:08 PM Response to Reply #31 |
54. Beans are dirt cheap. |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
16. So says the person in a permanent vegetarian state.(nt) |
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Dastard Stepchild (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 01:26 PM Response to Reply #16 |
37. You've brought this one out a few times... |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 02:41 PM Response to Reply #37 |
49. So sad that it's not funny. It reminds me of when little kids first discover knock nock jokes and |
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Dastard Stepchild (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 03:00 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. :) |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 05:33 PM Response to Reply #49 |
61. Hey, I resemble that remark! |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 06:40 PM Response to Reply #49 |
63. So says the person in a permanent vegetarian state. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
19. I thought your IQ was established in your youth; you can increase it as |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
25. So HITLER would be looked-up-to? He also loved dogs & LIMBO loves Xmas n/t |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 11:51 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Huh? |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 01:18 PM Response to Reply #25 |
36. uhh, Hitler was not even a vegetarian |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 02:38 PM Response to Reply #25 |
48. Hitler wasn't a vegetarian. |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 03:12 PM Response to Reply #48 |
56. To #s 29, 36, & 48 |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 06:40 PM Response to Reply #56 |
64. No hard feelings, I just heard right-wingers try to compare vegetarians to Hitler too many times |
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PADemD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 12:00 AM Response to Reply #56 |
67. Tonight's History Channel program stated that Hitler was a vegetarian. |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
27. Another article about this |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
34. their mothers probably weren't vegetarians tho... |
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Dastard Stepchild (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
38. WELL... since science proves I am a genius then... |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
41. So, if you're both tall and a vegetarian and happen to be a Leo |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
44. I usually test around 145-150. I eat meat. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
53. Well if 100 ate fish and chicken and called themselves vegitarians |
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NoodleyAppendage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
55. Correlation is NOT causation. Epidemiological research is not prospective. |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 06:36 PM Response to Reply #55 |
62. Well and succinctly put. Surveys ask questions. The answers they return ... |
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Dastard Stepchild (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 09:20 PM Response to Reply #55 |
65. I do know all the points... and I am a vegetarian, so it it should be of no surprise there... |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
57. Correlation is not causation. |
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Katzenjammer (541 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
58. All those IQ "differences" are noise. |
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mirandapriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
59. I think it's like Volvos have less fatalities |
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raggedcompany (399 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-16-06 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
60. who gives a shit? |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 12:14 AM Response to Original message |
68. They also included people who eat fish and chicken as "vegetarians". |
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