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Rejection Makes You Dumb
photozz writes: "Just when I was looking for more reasons to hate the girls that dumped me in high school, this article at NewScientist explains how studies have shown that rejection actualy makes you dumb. From the article: 'Rejection can dramatically reduce a person's IQ and their ability to reason analytically.'"
Chewing gum makes you smarter.
I'm two IQ points dumber since I tried to submit this story and was subsequently rejected.
During the past few years, with all the rejected stories, I figure Slashdot owes me all the intelligence it takes to go from -1, Troll to +5, Insightful
I mean, according to this, my IQ should be negative by now. And I'm still... ok, bad example.
Taco, you bastard!
2002-03-16 17:16:47 Rejection makes you a dumbass (articles,news) (rejected)
Since most of my friends can't seem to work up the courage to ask anything from a girl in the first place, we are all still happily intelligent. :)
That is, if you believe this tripe to begin with.
Seriously, tell them they suck, then tell them to take a test. I dunno about you, but I'm distracted by rejection. I can't pay attention. I'm too busy thinking about it to pay any attention whatsoever.
LOTR: Elijah Wood is a munchkin asshat. Yes, asshat. LOL.
Because new findings show that both food and sleep makes you dumb!
A study made at the University of Utter Bullshit in the department of the Blatantly Friggin Obvious, shows that both food and sleep make test subjects IQ drop
One test group took the test after being awake for 12 hours and scored well, when they redid the experiment at 4am just after sleeping for 6 hours their scores were significantly lower. This clearly shows that sleep does not aid students in scoring well.
A second study done also proved that food has the same effect, first the test group had nothing to eat for 6 hours, then they were given a large family-sized pizza with double meat and triple cheese and took the test again. This time the scores were also a lot lower, some subjects even turned so dumb they fell asleep!
The school is now enforcing a strict no food-no sleep policy to help students with their studies, each student is given free coffee and Jolt cola and on the first day all departments* showed significantly better results.
*Except the CS department who have been using the no sleep-no food and a strict caffeine diet for years
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finally, somebody has come up with an explanation for why jocks and rock stars are smarter than geeks...
wait...
dammit.
-c
"I hope I don't make a mistake and manage to remain a virgin." - Britney Spears
A control group of 10 males between the ages of 16-24 were administered a series of IQ tests in separate booths. Another group of 30 similar males, split into three cohorts of 10 each, took the same series of tests, but were presented with varying levels of "acceptance" in between.
One cohort received "mild acceptance," which usually involved the promise of a date with a well-known pretty girl that night. Results from the control group suggested a 3% drop due to fatigue, but Cohort A experienced an average drop of 6%, double that of the control group.
Cohort B received "moderate acceptance," which was either an "enthusiastic" (bright smile, touching of arm, perhaps hug and kiss) yes-response from a well-known girl, or a merely "interested" yes-response from a previously unknown yet astoundingly gorgious woman. Cohort B experienced an average drop of 12%.
Cohort C received "extreme acceptance," which was either immediate "fellatio" by the known girl, or immediate "fellatio" by a previously unknown yet astoundingly gorgious woman. In order to maintain the integrity of the tests, subjects were allowed to repeatedly "venture" their self-image on the possibility of "acceptance". Cohort C found itself unable to complete the final round of testing.
This study sheds new light on the previously published (albeit in the New Scientist) report from Case Western that claimed to show that rejection makes you dumb. Seeing as the opposite also seems to hold true, the hypothesis offered at the end of Ohio State's article is that any extreme emotional variation adversely affects intelligence. So, they sugget, avoiding romantic attachments of any kind may be the key to better intellectual performance.
The Case Western team suggested that that was exactly what those eggheads over at Ohio State were doing.
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