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Marriage May Tame Genius
theodp writes "Here's one to share with the wife and kids. Using a database of the biographies of 280 great scientists, a psychologist at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand has concluded that creative genius is turned off almost like a tap if a man gets married and has children, regardless of age."
Aw cripes. NO WONDER I'm feeling dragged by the lagging economy and wishy-washy business recently.
... I'm screwed?
It must have NOTHING to do with the fact that I'm now in my early 30's and married just over one year now. So, basically
At least I won't knock over the 7-11 on whim while out on my midnight smoke run. Oh, wait, pussy whipped...Quitting.
Damn it Spock, we need more testosterone.
Two words sum it all up....
"yes dear...."
I'm thinking this is just to make slashdotters able to justify their position with the opposite sex.
Stupidity is hereditary...your kids give it to you.
:)
The marriage part...well, I'll let her explain it.
Have you read the moderator guidelines? Well, have you, PUNK? (and I want a Karma: Gnarly option)
That is why I worry about accepting a bride. What will it do to my studies? How could a woman help my research, or compile data for me? I am very torn both ways.
I suggest you read Slashdot
Scientific support for my choice of the bachelor lifestyle. And I thought I was just being selfish.
This is a problem most /. readers will never have to deal with.
So it is a good thing to be a virgin.
Time to go back to the high school jocks and teach 'em who was right afterall.
They thought I couldn't get sex.... I was simply trying to maintain my genius.
The Political Programmer
I wonder if the Black album coincides with the weddings of Lars, Kirk, and James. Hrmmmmm. Time to fire up Google.
To quote Victor Hugo the morning after sleeping with his mistress:
"France lost a great novel last night."
There is a food that has been proven to all but eliminate a woman's sex drive.
:D
It's called "wedding cake."
bah-dum..*ching*
Spouses, rug rats and home ownership are all serious destractions. This is why I feel real hackers should be castrated to avoid them. There is historical precedent (i.e. the operatic castrato).
You might think being an unwashed dedicated geek is enough to repel the opposite sex, but we all know plenty of counter examples. Nope. Castration is the only way to demonstrate that you are a dedicate uber geek.
You first.
Does this mean there's been a rash of marriages in Washington?
It means that our brilliant technical minds will continue being brilliant, since the overwhelming majority are in no danger of becoming married.
Insert witty, contrived comment here.
In Soviet Russia, kids have you!
We're like rats, in some experiment! -- George Costanza
(or a supergenius criminal?)
the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
No wonder women are so under-represented in scientific fields. Who has time to be a creative genius when you've got to take care of a husband all day?
MAN: "Honey, where's the cereal?"
WOMAN: "On the same shelf it always is, dear."
MAN: "Sweetheart, where did you put my shirts?"
WOMAN: "In the same drawer they always are."
Get married and you have one kid before you pop any out of your uterus.
Most recognized genuses have the luxury of working with little to no distraction.
Most recognized genuses also have the luxury of being made up of several different species.
my pet machine
Reminds me of the old joke about how having a wife and a mistress is the best situation for a scientist/engineer/geek.
The wife assumes you are with the mistress,
The mistress assume you are with the wife,
So you can go to the lab and get some work done.
Of course this requires two nigh-impossible things - namely a wife and a mistress.
Truth: If it's not one thing, it's another
If we ask the dictionary, nerd means:
.sig is fake.
1. A foolish, inept, or unattractive person.
2. A person who is single-minded or accomplished in scientific or technical pursuits but is felt to be socially inept.
Genius is often associated with the second definition, but I don't think that the correlation operates in both directions.
Genius -> possible/probable nerd.
Nerd -> slim possibility of genius; most likely overestimates self and has difficulting interacting with others.
Slashdotter(ave.) -> Has extreme dillusion regarding self intelligence, spastic personality, highly likely to have difficulty with simple social interaction.
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This
Nerd rage is the funniest rage.
So, the article states that if one gets married, within five years they will likely lose their "genius" for "music, painting and writing, as well as in criminal activity."
So, to sum it up, you get married you will not longer: compose scores; create masterpieces; write the Great American novel; or use peer-to-peer networks.
Gee, I'm glad you'll at least be able to have sex. Wait. Nevermind. You'll be married.
Stop undressing me with your eyes. I'm ugly naked.
No, you still have a great chance to blather on about aliens and write crappy coffee table books and start a four-letter agency that doesn't accomplish a damned thing in 20 years. Don't sell yourself short. ;)
-Looking for a job as a materials chemist or multivariat
This just in from CES 2004:
DiaperGene (a small company created by former scientists that married and had children) today introduced AutoWipe. Much like the 'autowash' process we all loved in "The Fifth Element", AutoWipe simply bolts onto most cribs for infants and toddlers. The AutoWipe uses backscatter x-ray technology to detect when a #1 or #2 enters any standard diaper, and proceeds to automatically change and dispose of the diaper. A built in incinerator module disposes of the used diaper, and is powered off standard LP portable tanks manufactured by Coleman or etc.. Additionally customers can purchase a module that uses a wireless connection to e-mail or page the parent when the diaper supply is low. All this without harm to your children, and without that eye-opening smell.
Parents everywhere delight!
"So - all the Simpson women turn out okay?"
"That's right, sweetie. The defective 'Simpson Gene' is on the Y chromosome, so only men are affected."
"So I'm not doomed! Oh, Dad, I've never been so glad to be your daughter!"
"A man is not complete until he's married...
Then, he's finished."
I suppose that Andrew Wiles, having a wife and kids, is an exception.
You know, the same Andrew Wiles that proved Fermat's last theorem (a^n + b^n != c^n, n > 2, n is an integer) using some mathematics so advanced maybe 10 people in the world understand it (do NOT check that number).
I guess you have to admire his wife for saying (paraphrasing), "Get in your office...I don't want to see you until you've solved this".
Cheers to the genius and the support of his spouse!!
...that Linux got hooked nicely into the server but tailed off on the desktop.
Curse you Linus! Divorce her for the freedom of mankind!
What happens when they get divorced?
she gets the house.
you get to be a genius again!
If you mod me down the terrorists will have won
Whereas I've dedicated my genius to my dick, and I've never been happier!
Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. -- Carl Sagan
Could you be a genius if you heard the following:
"Albert, get this chalk board out of the living room, NOW!"
"Johan Sebastian Bach stop that infernal racket this instant!"
"Rene! Cartesian my ass, help me with the laundry!"
I mean genius has it's limits.
I always wondered why my friends who married became dull and unentertaining almost overnight. Once, while on my death bed with a horrible flu, a recently-married friend called to regail me with his tale of putting plastic up on his second-floor condo windows. Man, til then I hadn't had so much fun--NOT!
I have yet to see a friend become MORE interesting after marriage, or even manage to tread water and remain a good ol' guy.
And now, a study supports my theory. Of course, I am still waiting eagerly for some chickie to come along and make ME a bore...
Mmmmmm... Bold, yet refreshing!
I think he has it all backwards. If you get married you can nolonger be considered a genious.
Once they are married... well, what's the point?
What great brainstorm you going to tell us next? Women tend to gain weight after they get married?
Ok, you loose your genius side. You're no longer special. But hey, there's pretty good side, like watching old "America's Funniest Home Video" re-runs, and suddenly realize that Bob Saget is a heck of a comic genius.
Didn't you get the memo? The RIAA is in the midst of getting the vast majority of /.ers reclassified as criminals.
Getting married may wipe out creative genius, but at least it will also liberate us from our dastardly digital music sharing.
perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5, (41*2), sqrt(7056), (unpack(c,H)-2), oct(115), 10)'
Creative genius and crime express themselves early in men but both are turned off almost like a tap if a man gets married and has children, a study says.
So do geniuses and criminals get married when they are ready to settle down and fit into society? Or does marriage tame them?
Will we have alternate sentences? The judge says, "You have one year to get married or you will live in jail for the next 10 years?"
Will Bill Gates set up a free matchmaking service for geniuses who are innovating in the computer field? Maybe he'll pay for pretty women to go after them?
It could be a fun experiment (speaking as a single genius who is currently designing the next revolution in information technology.)
I spend my life entertaining my brain.
Slashdotter(ave.) -> Has extreme dillusion regarding self intelligence, spastic personality, highly likely to have difficulty with simple social interaction.
WHAT?!1?! I don't have to take this! I'm too smart for this - what kind of mickey mouse shit are you passing for insightful comments?!? How dare you insult one as smart as I?!?
Robots are everywhere, and they eat old people's medicine for fuel.
Just because you're not married does not mean you are a creative genius. So you have nothing to lose.
Slashdot: Failed Car Analogies. Amateur Lawyering. Anecdote Battles.
Can I get my genius back if I get a divorce?
Avoid Missing Ball for High Score
But the way she says "We don't have money for you to try to blow yourself up" is so cute...
I must not lust.
Lust is the mind-killer.
Lust is the little-torment that brings total corruption.
I will face my lust.
I will permit it to pass over mr and through it.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its descent.
Where the lust has gone there will be no kleenex.
Only I will remain.
This story is bunk. Doc Brown made a flying, time traveling train after he settled down.
I could go on...but that seems kinda silly to do...
yeah, and 10 months ago, I went out with my wife, ate some spicy food, drank some red wine, came home and feeling slighty spritzy, got creative with her. Nine months and 4 days later, a little person looking just like me entered the world and I haven't had a full nights sleep since. :)
Now that's what I call genius...
Old JPL humor:
Every engineer should have both a wife and a mistress.
You tell your wife you're spending the night with your mistress, and your mistress you're spending the night with your wife...
We, the citizens of Slashdoschtia, bestow upon luser joshsnow the honorary title of imperceptive weak-minded impatient dumbass.
They're DINKs. (Double Income No Kids) ;)
"To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit." -Stephen Hawking