Vegetarians are smarter than you. Vegans... notsomuch.

[be leaves]

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/a...udy/article.do

"A study of thousands of men and women revealed that those who stick to a vegetarian diet have IQs that are around five points higher than those who regularly eat meat.
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At the age of ten, the boys and girls sat a series of tests designed to determine their IQ.
When they reached the age of 30, they were asked whether they were vegetarian and their answers compared to their childhood IQ score.
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The typical adult veggie had a childhood IQ [that was] around five points higher than those [children] who continued to eat meat as they grew up.
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However, vegans - vegetarians who also avoid dairy products [had IQ scores that were] significantly lower."


HA!

[Fuck]

But killed things are so good...

[Blitzgal]

Originally Posted by be leaves

HA!

Not really. The article notes that "veggies" have an IQ of 105. I'm a proud omnivore and mine is 126. So "ha" right back.

I'd also be interested to know the socio-economic status of the veggies in comparison to the non-veggies. Choosing a vegetarian lifestyle is more likely to be undertaken by someone with the material wealth to be able to afford the necessary food (junk food is far cheaper than produce). And underprivileged kids go to worse schools and do not receive the educational benefits that wealthier kids do. No matter what the IQ folks say, education does impact your score.

[picard102]

Have you acctualy talked to a vegitarian? They are idiots.

[36D]

Originally Posted by picard102

Have you acctualy talked to a vegitarian? They are idiots.

Says the person who can't spell 'actually' and 'vegetarian'.

[be leaves]

Originally Posted by Blitzgal

Not really. The article notes that "veggies" have an IQ of 105. I'm a proud omnivore and mine is 126. So "ha" right back.

Actually, it doesn't say veggies have an IQ of 105, that's an average, and if you were 5 IQ points higher, you'd understand the concept of averages.. which means that for every meat eater (that's you) there's a vegetarian (that's me) with an IQ five points higher than yours.

It's okay, we can still make fun of Vegans together.

[picard102]

Originally Posted by 36D

Says the person who can't spell 'actually' and 'vegetarian'.

Oh no! I forgot to give a shit about spelling on the internet!

[36D]

Originally Posted by picard102

Oh no! I forgot to give a shit about spelling on the internet!

Just sayin'

[Cubby]

Originally Posted by be leaves

which means that for every meat eater (that's you) there's a vegetarian (that's me) with an IQ five points higher than yours.

It doesn't say this either. Considering the proliferation of human omnivores on this planet and the fact that vegetarians are a small minority of the human race, it would be impossible to have a smarter vegetarian for every person eating meat. If anything, the averages skew the numbers in the vegetarians' favor because there is a smaller sample size, making it possible for a few big smarties to swing the curve in one direction, an opportunity meat eaters don't have.

Also, since you specifically referenced Blitzgal and yourself, are you saying you specifically have an IQ of 131?

[Ludger]

I thought it meant that if Blitzgal was a vegetarian her I.Q. would be 131. But I didn't read the article...just the excerpt.