Does music make you dumb?
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- a_iver0
Some kinds of music will give you stupid and misleading messages, but mostly I think this chart shows that people who are open to non-commercial music are the ones who will be open to learning.
The scoring of these artists (/entire genres) is a little ridiculous though, not to mention 90% of these bands are either mediocre or are just really really horrible.
- And apparently classical is nearly bottom of the barrel (just under rap) while beethoven is numba onea_iver
- tOki0
so if you are a person like me and listen to all genres of music does that mean your intellegence cannot be measured?
:P
- drgss0
the chart really reflects cultural tastes, with one cultural group which traditionally doesn't score very high on SAT
his study would have been more scientific if he choose a more homogeneous sample, f. ex. white folks only
- BaskerviIle0
lol@ gospel music.
That is a freakin stupid graph. It's not "music that makes you dumb", it's "music that dumb people listen to". There's a huge difference.
Having a large book collection in your house makes you statistically more likely to be intelligent (because you'll generally be living in a pro-active, educated household) but merely having the books in your home doesn't make you intelligent.
- i have loads of books. loads in the toilet as well.mistermik
- drgss0
I listen exclusively to Surfjan Stevens and Beethoven
- Raniator0
bad graph. i dunna understands.
- neverblink0
someone please explain how this chart works to a foreigner like me.
- janne76
----------------There is no y-axis.. it's just stacked so you can read who/wich genre is in the bubble..
- x-as is score toets aan het einde v/d middelbare school.. hoger = beterneverblink
- mistermik0
only if a large box of cds fall on your head.
- drgss0
I see many people in this thread found their favorite bands in the wrong end of the scale, lol
Gospel, jazz, hip-hop, reggae on the left side:
http://www.jbhe.com/features/53_…
- dskz0
I wouldnt be surprised if this graph is a Surfjan Stevens marketing gimmick.
- neferiu0
It's to show how awesome whitespace can be when looking at charts.
- nearestexit0
Ya, the chart is horribly laid out. Why does the data narrow down towards the bottom?
- lvl_130
didn't read all other posts, but taking a quick glance at it: no.
the person responsible for this chart of misinformation on the other hand: choose any character out of this scene:- You're not talking about my chart are you? My chart is bonafide..neferiu
- hahaha, no i'm talking about that original post chart. your chart=rock solid=concrete. :)lvl_13
- LOL Thx. It took longer than it should have...neferiu
- Or, moreso it that it took longer than I should have spent on it.neferiu
- hahaha, i hear ya. been there, done that. realized i just wasted 45 minutes at some times :)lvl_13
- utopian0
Olivia Newton John, WTF?
- colin_s0
apparently i'm way too smart to listen to most of the music i do.
- Salarrue0
I really believe reggaeton make you dumb
- smoking insane amounts of weed too.. probably..winnie_the_shit