[C19fan]

Cur Randy Newman song.

[ComputerGuy]

They got lil’ baby legs
they stand so low
You got to pick em up
just to say hello

Still one of my favorite songs - and I’m short

[Doogle]

"...a little bit"

[BitWielder1]

Any suggestion that some group may have lower IQ is forbidden.
However, I would not be surprised to learn that height and overall HEALTH has a positive correlation, and health in turn has a positive correlation with most other good features.

[Mechanicos]

Guess they never heard of Asians.....

[svcw]

From an anthropological sense it makes sense, greatest chance for the species to survive - strength and brains

[real saxophonist]

One of the most badass people I’ve ever met was Drill Instructor SGT Dicks. Parris Island, 1989.

[staytrue]

I have found the opposite to be true.

Tall people get social advantages of being tall, so they get lazy mentally. They can get by being tall so their mind gets lazy.

Furthemore, I find the view from above to be a view that is easier to analyze situations. And the view from below to be more challenging. So I think tall people’s minds are again less challenged.

Furthermore, I think tall people can move their legs slower to go the same distance. Slow moving legs would tend to produce slow moving brain reaction time.

[Pan_Yan]

My wife is 5’2” and spends most of her life waiting for the rest of us to catch up with last week’s conversation. I’m 6’5” tall and can’t out think the plastic packaging on a new tool for the hardware store.

Weird.

[babble-on]

If there’s a question mark in the title, the answer to the question is always “No.”

[WinMod70]

Probably due to the fresher air intake of the tall man.

[Boogieman]

“Academics identified genes that influence both height and IQ, and said there was a ‘significant genetic correlation’ between the two factors.”

I’m doubtful about this “genetic correlation” they propose. Did they control for the fact that malnourishment affects both height and IQ negatively?

[Durus]

Given the average intelligence of NBA players I think this study is “flawed”.

[Arm_Bears]

An IQ score does not represent overall intelligence.

Correlation is not causation.

Grade: C-

[fruser1]

How tall is the chick who wrote the story?

[Salamander]

That song was banned from Maryland radio stations by whiny liberals.

Short Stupid Salamander

[CodeJockey]

So let me get this straight.

A genetic trait accounts for your height, be it tall or short. If you are short you may be dumber that your tall counterpart.

A genetic trait accounts for your race, be it Asian or African. If you are Asian you may be (on average) more intelligence...

I was taught that in the USA it was illegal to draw any conclusions about any attributes of any human based on any criteria????

Now I’m really confused?

[Vaduz]

Basket ball players are intelligent ?.

[Billthedrill]

Color me skeptical. If, by "intellectually challenged", one means "doesn't do smart things," then the evidence will be arbitrary and statistical at best. The real problem is that intelligence isn't really a group characteristic, and that "average" intelligence within a population is not all that reliable a predictor of individual behavior within it.

If, by "intellectually challenged", one means "does stupid things", then we have a little more reliable indication of individual behavior, for whatever it's worth. Both short and tall people vote Democrat, for example.

[KosmicKitty]

Maybe the NBA All-Stars should take over the country

[TrueKnightGalahad]

I’m only 5’ 16” and I say it’s indubitably true! :-)