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speedoo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-15-06 12:24 AM
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Did you know women are less intelligent than men? I didn't...
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=405056&in_page_id=1770

" 'We know that men have larger brains, even when you take into account larger body size,' said the researcher. 'That means there are more neurons. The question is what these neurons are doing in a man - and they probably have an advantage in processing information.'

It is thought the difference may date back to the Stone Age, with women seeking out men who are more intelligent than them in a bid to pass on the best genes to their children.

'Some people have suggested it evolved because women prefer men who are more intelligent than they are for husbands,' said the professor.

'Just as they prefer men who are taller than them, they also prefer a male who is a little ahead of them in IQ.' "

(Do they really?? I've never been asked what my IQ was by a woman I asked out.)


Before you go nuts, ladies and girls, this is the same dude ....


"Prof Rushton, who four years ago triggered a scientific row by claiming intelligence and behaviour are influenced by race, with blacks being more likely to be involved in crime and Asians having a greater chance of high IQs, however, stands by his results."



I don't know what's more tragic, the fact that this idiot believes what he's saying, or that he actually gets paid to do this research. (He's at the University of Western Ontario.)





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