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Trace Levels of Lead Shown to Lower IQs

Posted by michael on from the duh dept.

constantnormal writes "This government study explains a lot of things, from the American public's propensity to elect the worst candidates, to the decreasing fraction of students who bother to study the "hard" sciences, to the overwhelming power advertising holds over their apparently simple minds. I think it was all the leaded gasoline burned in this country prior to the 1970s.
Homer Simpson IS the archetypal American -- Thinking and Reasoning is just too doggoned difficult."

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  1. Maybe that's because.... by tha_mink · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe, just maybe, only stupid people eat paint.

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    You'll have that sometimes...
  2. Very low levels of lead linked to IQ deficits by WolfWithoutAClause · · Score: 3, Funny

    The answer is simple. We need to make sure that everybody gets high levels of lead! They're clearly deficient in lead!

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    -WolfWithoutAClause

    "Gravity is only a theory, not a fact!"
  3. The Effect of Lead on Democracies by Alethes · · Score: 2, Funny

    from the American public's propensity to elect the worst candidates

    Even worse, they even re-elect them!

  4. And 125 grains of lead in the head... by vudufixit · · Score: 3, Funny

    Will reduce your IQ to zero. Quickly.