Posted on 02/25/2015 7:20:16 AM PST by shove_it
People with low IQs are more likely to consume higher amounts of alcohol than those with higher IQs, a new study has claimed. The study, which was carried out by researchers at the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, surveyed 49,321 Swedish men who were born between 1949 to 1951 and were conscripted for Swedish military service from 1969 to 1971. IQ tests done upon conscription, alcohol intake, pattern of drinking, tobacco use, and medical conditions were all examined. The results showed that men with lower results on their IQ test consumed higher levels of alcohol, leading the team to conclude that "a higher IQ results in healthier lifestyle choices".
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In 2010, a study by the London School of Economics claimed that, in sharp contrast to this study, the cleverest women are the heaviest drinkers, finding that women who achieved high test marks as school children are more likely to drink daily as adults.
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Bahaha...I posted this on a thread two days ago. Love it!
I just finished my third and final pint for the night while reading Free Republic. This story obviously has no legs to stand on.
They probably have a lower IQ because their brains are impaired from years of drinking.
You beat me to it...
Oh, really? I see you’ve never had a perfect oatmeal stout, or a 1951 Glenlivet.
Since I quit the booze three years ago, I embarrass myself a lot less than I used to while posting on FR.
That explains Russia
Interesting follow up study would be IQ during prohibition.
I’ll drink to that!
Better a bottle in front of me that a frontal lobotomy.
Seeing that picture under the word “shove_it” is disturbing.
Really? that might be why I can never get help with differential calculus equations in the local pub.
“When friends worry about the latest warnings about risk factors for different types of cancers, I always tell them to wait 6 months and a different study will come out and say the complete opposite of the one they are worried about.”
This is one of my pet peeves. The Left always says listen to the scientists. All the scientists want is more confusion. The more confusion there is, the more MONEY they need to study the “problem”. And most of these problems are quite insignificant.
It’s all about the MONEY, MONEY, MONEY!!!
Maybe they should switch to pot because it is harmless. /sarc
Having a high IQ is overrated.
EEEUUUWWW!
Good call!
Cheers,
Otter
Heavy drinkers don’t care about taste or luxury, they care about getting drunk. I have an appreciation for good liqueur but I don’t get drunk, and I probably don’t average a drink a day.
I agree. Look at all the successful people in Hollywood and in Politics.
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