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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."
I guess professional sports shows that having children outside of marriage has no detrimental effect on creativity
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.. I would probably have had something really amusing to say. Damn, I really don't want to take the garbage out right now.
"Derp de derp."
Do I get married and lose my awesome genius, or do I get so fed up with all the bullshit dealing with academics, I decide to settledown and not do that kind of crap any more.
meh
Men have been a far larger burden on women than the other way around.
Indeed. Men have written every uplifting piece of music, painted every beautiful painting, invented every time saving device, created concepts of law and order, sacrificed themselves by the millions to defend women, and evolved into being tools of female materialism.
Wake up man. You are not aware of reality. Women have contributed practically NOTHING to what we call civilization or humanity. Women enjoy their current place in the world simply because men were stupid enough to invent machines which made our physical strength and combat prowess unnecessary. Without the modern technology invented by men, we wouldn't even be having this discussion.
It's an accepted fact that men have a negative impact upon feminine creativity and should be prevented from dominating a woman's life and time as much as possible.
Read Homer. Read Plato's Phaedrus. I am not the first to make such an observation. Look at how it is practically impossible to be male and creative and be heterosexual today. When the choice comes down to fucking a woman or engaging in art, most choose the latter. Of course, today, the matriarchy has virtually extinguished male creativity in the politically correct nations. Before men were simply laborers, they were artisans who made beautiful homes, quality furnishings... Now it is all crap. All of it.
The traditional view of marriage sees the wife as housekeeper, mother, cook, caretaker, etc... all roles that ask her to serve others, instead of expressing herself or being creative.
Why do you think there was a whole movement by women so that being unmarried wouldn't be stigmatized like in the past?
You are apparently young. You will realize how crazy women get when they are 35 and never have been married. It is not a pretty sight. Women stigmatize themselves.
The whole movement you speak of was simply a manifestation of modern decadence. Nothing more.
Do you think that *maybe* the 'traditional marriage' you refer to is the reason women have made up a minority of artists and scientists?
Oh yeah, MEN are the ones who dreamed up lifetime monogomy. I don't believe in marriage, and I am not married. I am perfectly happy fucking random women, preferably ones who are drunk.
Women are not artists or scientists because they are not driven to create like men are. We have had 40 years of feminism. I see nothing to come out of this female renaissance to convince me women have any creative talent. It is nothing personal. You would not be defiant if I said men have a high predisposition to violence in comparison to women. There are no female Jack the Rippers because there are no female Michaelangelos.
When I see women flock to engineering classes, and become the primary customers of Roland keyboards I will change my opinion. Until then...
Hell, you're not even affirming commited relationships
No shit
As if drunkenly fucking a young boy makes you more creative,
As Plato discusses in the Phaedrus, male love is idealistic. The love between a teacher and student is the most ideal. Idealism is the essence of creativity. A man produces a sculpture of an ideal man, a man loves a boy he can turn into an ideal man. You may not agree with it, but this is part of the Classical Heritage. I can't personally bring myself to fuck little boys, but I can understand Plato's argument.
demanding that one sleep only with a spouse is, like, waaaay too confining, man... free love(for the men), you dig?
When prostitution is made legal in the United States once again, your statements will perhaps have some meaning.
won't even get into the fact that you disapprove of women 'flauning their bodies' a few paragraphs later.
I will accept women's current state of undress when prostitution is legalized, and when pornography
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