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Bigger Brains Make Smarter People Study Says
udderly writes "People with bigger brains are smarter according
to a Virginia Commonwealth University industrial and organizational
psychologist, Michael A. McDaniel, Ph.D.
McDaniel, who is a professor in management at
VCU's School of Business. He reviewed 26 previous studies comparing brain size
and intelligence and found that brain volume has a strong correlation to
intelligence. According to McDaniel, 'for all age and sex groups, it
is now very clear that brain volume and intelligence are related.' So, how
big of a hat do you wear?"
They forgot to subtract the inclosed volumn of air!
The average Asian elephant has a brain mass of 7.8kg.
I for one welcome our supremely intelligent, prehensile nosed overlords.
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Only on slashdot would this be presented as an actual previous scientific proof.
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I'm intelligent, and my friends always say I'm big-headed
I am trolling
Did anyone else read the headline as: "Bigger brains make smarter people study, says ______"?
Brain size... not chin size :)
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