--- In [email protected], Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > authfriend wrote: > > --- In [email protected], Bhairitu <noozguru@> wrote: > > > >> authfriend wrote: > >> > >>> --- In [email protected], Bhairitu <noozguru@> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>> authfriend wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> --- In [email protected], Bhairitu <noozguru@> > >>>>> > > wrote: > > > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> Jeff Fischer wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> --- In [email protected], "Hagen J. Holtz" > >>>>>>> <hagen.j.holtz@> wrote: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Vegetarians are more intelligent. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> How many here are vegetarians? Vegans? > >>>>>>> I'm not. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> Studies like these don't take into account biochemical > >>>>>> individuality and should be disregarded as a reason for > >>>>>> anyone to switch their diet. Go by ayurveda or metabolic > >>>>>> typing instead. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> The point of the study was that more intelligent > >>>>> people are more likely to chose to be vegetarians, > >>>>> not that being a vegetarian makes you more > >>>>> intelligent. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> That's how you construe the article but I see nothing > >>>> that says that. > >>>> > >>> Read it again: > >>> > >>> http://tinyurl.com/y6hj8h > >>> > >>> Here's another article on the same study: > >>> > >>> http://tinyurl.com/yljk43 > >>> > >>> > >> I was referring to the first article and found a few > >> minutes ago when looking at Yahoo. > >> > > > > The second URL above is the Yahoo article. The > > first article is the first URL above. Both of them > > are reporting on the same study. > > > > I think the Yahoo > > > >> byline is a little misleading and would dispute that > >> is the point of the research but that it was one > >> theory expounded. > >> > > > > No, that *was* the point of the research. It isn't > > a matter of opinion. See the British Medical > > Journal, where the study was published: > > > > http://tinyurl.com/yc4865 > > > > "Conclusion: Higher scores for IQ in childhood are > > associated with an increased likelihood of being a > > vegetarian as an adult." > > > > The Yahoo story headline: > > > > "Kids With High IQs Grow Up to Be Vegetarians" > > > > The headline is on the nose, not at all misleading. > > > > > >>>> Truly intelligent people seek the correct diet for their body. > >>>> > >>> Right. The study looked only at vegetarians vs. > >>> non-vegetarians, but it found that the vegetarians > >>> had been more intelligent as children than the > >>> nonvegetarians. > >>> > >>> As I said, it wasn't about trying to convince > >>> people to become vegetarians so they would be > >>> more intelligent. The vegetarians were more > >>> intelligent to start with, as children. > >>> > >> Yes but some people will use it as an excuse and > >> wind up sick as a result. > > > > Non sequitur. > > You're nuts.
Uh, no. What you say may be true, but it isn't relevant to the study, nor to your misconception as to what it was about.
