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Old 02-08-2003, 09:31 AM   #1
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Default Smart people live longer

http://enchantedmind.com/html/scienc...ter_brain.html

The irony is killing me. Nuns?
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Interesting article.
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Old 02-08-2003, 03:13 PM   #3
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Um, why?

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Smart people live longer

After scanning the article, I'd perhaps change this to "mentally active people tend to live longer, according to some studies."
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Hmm... so it's possible for an insane person who believes in every conspiracy theory to live a long time, but only if the heart attacks from all the hysteria don't finish him first.
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I always thought that smart people die younger. Just look at some of the past famous scientists and mathematicians.
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Of COURSE smart people live longer. Darwin Awards, anyone?
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I always thought that smart people die younger. Just look at some of the past famous scientists and mathematicians.
Actually, I have noticed quite the opposite; moreover, qualified persons have told me (in literature) that geniuses tend to be very healthy.
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If nothing else, you'd think intelligent people should live longer because they tend to have better jobs, more money, better nutrition, less exposure to germs, better health care, and all around better living conditions... In general. An idiot with all these (let's just say certain political figures) would probably live longer than average as well.

But there probably is a more direct relationship when it comes to mental diseases.
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If nothing else, you'd think intelligent people should live longer because they tend to have better jobs, more money, better nutrition, less exposure to germs, better health care, and all around better living conditions... In general. An idiot with all these (let's just say certain political figures) would probably live longer than average as well.

But there probably is a more direct relationship when it comes to mental diseases.
An idiot cannot be a politician. An idiot is someone with profound mental retardation (and cannot even learn connected speech), and a mental age of usually less than three.
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