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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."
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.
It's just that most (ordinary) women aren't really much for issues bigger than the Cable Bill and What Emmy Said To Susan About Dana's Relationship With Kevin and so on.
I disinclude geek women here - you ladies are a breed apart and I salute you.
Just try thinking about a Grand Unified Theory when someone is whining at you about how you forgot to clean out the f***ing cat box again.
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
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?
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.
"A man is not complete until he's married...
Then, he's finished."
...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
I think he has it all backwards. If you get married you can nolonger be considered a genious.
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.
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...