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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 10:37 AM Original message |
Smoking Is Dumb: Young Men Who Smoke Have Lower IQs, Study Finds |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
1. Cigarettes contain electrolytes. Plants crave it. n/t |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 10:47 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. We're vegetables? |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 03:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
27. The Brawndo CEO would agree. n/t |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
2. Correlation is not causation. Smoking cigarettes doesn't make one stupid. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 10:49 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. agreed. nt |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 10:50 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. No, but being stupid may make one smoke |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 10:53 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Touche! n/t |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 12:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
20. However, there was a study about 10 years ago |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
3. ø |
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Soylent Brice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 10:50 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. i just ran out. hold my seat... |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 11:32 AM Response to Reply #6 |
18. There's a new breastfeeding thread, too. What to do, what to do |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
9. but the twin study is interesting. Smoking twin: lower IQ |
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bamacrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
10. Smoking is a dumb act not all who smoke are dumb, I smoke and my IQ is 131 but... |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
11. I've known geniuses who smoked. Does this mean they would have had higher IQs if they hadn't? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
12. bullshit science. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
13. Post hoc ergo propter hoc. Everyone sing along: |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
14. What's dumb is continuing to believe smoking is the ONLY cause for |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
15. Class bias is obviously a major factor in the "objective" sciences... |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
16. Smoking is about as dumb as it gets |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
17. Big surprise. nt |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
19. So does smoking cause low IQ or low IQ cause smoking? n/t |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 01:20 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. The conclusion of the study is that persons with low IQ tend to make bad health choices |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 01:30 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. I would enjoy a study that concluded smoking marijuana led to the Oval Office. n/t |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
21. Just compared this to the "lower IQ means more religion" thread from two weeks ago. |
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blueworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
24. Do they realize all the greatest minds of the 20th century were smokers? LOL. n/t |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
25. If IQ was anything more than a product of linear algebra |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
26. It's the other way around, people with low IQs start smoking. |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
28. I got 1500/1600 on my SATs, and yet, I smoke. |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-05-10 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
29. I Smoked For Almost 20 Years, And I'm a Super Genius. |
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