AzureWolf Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 [COLOR=maroon]The article can be found [url=http://www.gnxp.com/blog/2007/04/intercourse-and-intelligence.php]here[/url], but I think [url=http://www.gnxp.com/blog/uploaded_images/Picture-2-750736.png]this graph of high school students[/url] sums it up nicely. [size=1][i]X-axis is IQ, while the y-axis is relative probability of having been laid at least once (if not more). By relative, it means that the average IQ of the participants was given a probability value of 1, and any deviation from that value is a percent of that value quantitatively.[/i][/size] I think that's just awesome. Why? Because if you want to make wild extrapolations, [B][i]THAT'S[/i][/B] the origin of the bell curve! If IQs were solely hereditary, then idiots propagate just as much as geniuses, and the average person screws early meaning more babies over time). So next time you get a bad grade based on the bell curve, you can totally blame your parents or genetics! lol[/COLOR] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 [SIZE="1"]Brilliant, now I have a scientifically backed-up excuse as to why I didn't have sex until I was eighteen, I was just too freaking smart to be having sex. For some reason though, I highly doubt knowing that is going to pave over five years of resentment at hearing how often my buddies "got some". On a side note, AzureWolf have you ever seen the film [B]Idiocracy[/B] starring Luke Wilson ? Because this thread reminds me immensely of that movie.[/SIZE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allamorph Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 [FONT=Arial]I suppose I'll assume that the chart is a perfect bell curve, since I can't link to the image. [quote name='AzureWolf][COLOR="DarkRed"']So next time you get a bad grade based on the bell curve, you can totally blame your parents or genetics! lol[/COLOR][/quote] Or the fact that you haven't been laid. :p Seriously, though, the relationship could in fact be the other direction, and a person's intelligence could be determined by a combination of how many times/how frequently they've had sex, and how hard they've been trying. (Yeah, my IQ's pretty high.... :animeknow)[/FONT] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerdsy Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 [color=deeppink]So I have my IQ to blame? YES! Scape goat![/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sojiro47 Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 [FONT="Book Antiqua"]Wait...does that mean if I get laid, I'm going to get smarter. God knows I need to. Get smarter, I mean.[/FONT] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shinmaru Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 [quote name='Nerdsy'][color=deeppink]So I have my IQ to blame? YES! Scape goat![/color][/QUOTE] Score! Or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 [quote name='Sojiro47'][FONT="Book Antiqua"]Wait...does that mean if I get laid, I'm going to get smarter. God knows I need to. Get smarter, I mean.[/FONT][/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]Unless you're practically retarded, the answer is no. Apparently if you're of above average intelligence and start getting laid regularly, you're going to experience a drop in IQ.[/SIZE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allamorph Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 [FONT=Arial]The SAT should seriously consider this as possible advertising material. [I]"Absinence got me into Harvard!!!"[/I][/FONT] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sojiro47 Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 [quote name='Gavin'][SIZE="1"]Unless you're practically retarded, the answer is no. Apparently if you're of above average intelligence and start getting laid regularly, you're going to experience a drop in IQ.[/SIZE][/QUOTE] [FONT="Book Antiqua"]Is the drop of I.Q. large enough to make a difference, or is it one of those, "big enough to be there, but not big enough to count" sort of things? I have a genius of a friend who took fifth or something like that in this year's national High School Science Fair, and I would hate to se what would happen to her after she gets married if it's a big drop of I.Q.[/FONT] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 [quote name='Allamorph'][FONT=Arial]The SAT should seriously consider this as possible advertising material. [I]"Absinence got me into Harvard!!!"[/I][/FONT][/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]I would literally pay to see the advert to that. I can see it now, a bit photo of some miserable looking guy giving a thumbs up with a fake smile.[/SIZE] [quote name='Sojiro47'][FONT="Book Antiqua"]Is the drop of I.Q. large enough to make a difference, or is it one of those, "big enough to be there, but not big enough to count" sort of things? I have a genius of a friend who took fifth or something like that in this year's national High School Science Fair, and I would hate to se what would happen to her after she gets married if it's a big drop of I.Q.[/FONT][/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]Read the article. Honestly most people see this as a joke Sojiro.[/SIZE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sojiro47 Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 [FONT="Book Antiqua"]oh....*greatly embarassed* Ah...well now you see why I was so hopeful for the "get laid, get smart" thing. :animeswea Oh, well, I think I'm going to go look and make sure gullible is still in the dictionary...[/FONT] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allamorph Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 [quote name='Gavin][SIZE="1"']I would literally pay to see the advert to that. I can see it now, a bit photo of some miserable looking guy giving a thumbs up with a fake smile.[/SIZE][/quote] [FONT="Arial"]Like Smilin' Bob, but sans the Viagra.[/FONT] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 [quote name='Sojiro47'][FONT="Book Antiqua"]oh....*greatly embarassed* Ah...well now you see why I was so hopeful for the "get laid, get smart" thing. :animeswea Oh, well, I think I'm going to go look and make sure gullible is still in the dictionary...[/FONT][/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]Heh no worries, believe me, if I thought I was going to get dumber by having sex, I'd probably still be a virgin.[/SIZE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juu Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 [size=1]Please. IQ is sooo 20th century. [/size] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soren Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 [FONT="Garamond"][SIZE="3"]So that explains it. ( I am still a virgin, and, since I probably would not be here typing if my IQ was much lower than 70, I hope I fall under the smart-person category) I like the quote from Aldus Huxely. I whole-heartedly agree. I did not know testosterone had a hampering affect on one's intelligence. It's believable, though, since I hardly have any sex drive at all. ("Prude" , that's me) Also, I don't think the chart means that getting laid will make you dumber above the average intelligence and smarter below. Since intelligence is the x variable (the variable being tested) and virginity is the y variable (the result), I believe the graph means that your IQ affects your sex-life, not your sex-life affecting your IQ. (If you already knew that and were just going along with the joke, please forgive me for being a stick in the mud and ruining it.)[/SIZE][/FONT] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metalcore501 Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 I think that it's your oun judgment that tells you to have sex or not, well no I'm not sure what im trying to get at but I had sex not because I was smart or dumb but I just wanted to. I don't think this is a laughing matter it seems that every time you turn around my town some teen is pregnant, I believe if your gonig to have any type of sex you need to be safe about it. There are girls around here that believe that oral sex is not sex at all and if you do it you are a virgin, now technically that is true their vagina wasn't penitrated but you were in a sexual act. So what are your views on this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lick Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 [quote name='Sojiro47'][FONT="Book Antiqua"]Wait...does that mean if I get laid, I'm going to get smarter. God knows I need to. Get smarter, I mean.[/FONT][/QUOTE] Maybe you'll get better at Maths, at least. You know, divide the legs, add the bed, minus the--- I'm sorry, bad joke that you probably heard before, ^_^ Although I did find this article entertaining. If only I knew this back in high school, I would scare the smarter students into [i]never having sex in their life[/i] for the crime of being smarter than me, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 [color=darkred][size=1] So this means that I'm... average? I don't think I'm a genius, and I'm no moron, and I'm no virgin. So what's that supposed to indicate?[/color][/size] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzureWolf Posted August 3, 2007 Author Share Posted August 3, 2007 [COLOR=maroon]To clarify bell curve: [CENTER]1 2 3 10 3 2 1[/CENTER] Very few people on the extremes, most people in the middle. Applying this to the graph, few people with low IQs have gotten lucky, many average IQ people get lucky, and few high IQs have gotten lucky. And actually, Soren, it's a correlational study, meaning what causes the other or if they both have some other cause altogether was not determined. That leaves room for random and fun speculations! Blame your parents, blame the government, blame Hello Kitty. 8-)[/COLOR] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChibiHorsewoman Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 [color=#9933ff][font=lucida calligraphy]Damn. No wonder I got 98 out of 100 questions right on my state exam. I haven't gotten any in a while. Not that I'm all that intelligent. I mean I have high marks in reading, history and sciences but my math has always been terrible- I can't convert ounces to CCs without looking on the container. Thank God for those marks on the outside of foley bags. :animesigh. But I'm around average. So I think this could also explain other parts of my life. Note to self, stay away from boyfriend during next state exams and the next clinical. [/color][/font] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheResplendent Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 [FONT="Tahoma"]Yet another thing i'm proof against as it pertains to fitting into the majority. My IQ is well over 100 and i havn't been a virgin since age 16 so *shrug*. The supposed statistics seem to make sense though even without being presented in visual form. Least based on reasonable thought. Though it should be remembered that majority doesn't mean every.[/FONT] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The13thMan Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 [COLOR=DarkOrange][FONT=Century Gothic]I think this brings up an interesting question: would you rather be smart or have lots of sex? I think for most men the answer would be obvious, but what about the ladies? Haha, i'm just kidding guys. Not really... I'd give up a bit of my intelligence for some tail. =P Oh, and Gavin, i saw Idiocracy. It's a hilarious movie! I love that even after i got to the point of thinking beavis and butthead was too immature for me Judd can still make me laugh with his movies. [/FONT][/COLOR] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 [quote name='The13thMan'][COLOR=DarkOrange][FONT=Century Gothic]Oh, and Gavin, i saw Idiocracy. It's a hilarious movie! I love that even after i got to the point of thinking beavis and butthead was too immature for me Judd can still make me laugh with his movies. [/FONT][/COLOR][/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]I know, but there are a lot of clever social criticisms within the film at the same time. That said, you could laugh just as easily at the Beavis and Butthead level humour. I mean those court scenes were just awesome.[/SIZE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delta Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 [IMG]http://img365.imageshack.us/img365/6734/barss3.gif[/IMG] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 [quote name='Sirius'][IMG]http://img365.imageshack.us/img365/6734/barss3.gif[/IMG][/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]I'm betting the political science course would lose about another 20-30% if Bill Clinton came and gave a lecture...[/SIZE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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