10-24-2014, 09:30 AM
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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What music smart and dumb people listen to
http://www.avclub.com/article/only-d...view:1:Default
In a highly scientific and not at all problematic study, a Cal Tech Ph.D. student named Virgil Griffith has mapped out what music smart and dumb people listen to. Griffith’s process involved getting data about the 10 most frequent artists that appeared in college students’ Facebook favorites, and mapping that against ACT and SAT scores for each college. According to his results, you might be stupid if you listen to Beyoncé (obviously incorrect) or Kenny Chesney (he probably has a point here), and you might be smart if you listen to Sufjan Stevens and really smart if you listen to Beethoven.
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10-24-2014, 10:04 AM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Near Fish Creek
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Came in looking for Nickleback making the stupid people list.
Leaving disappointed.
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10-24-2014, 10:04 AM
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#3
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Franchise Player
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Beethoven is so boring.
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Johnny eats garbage and isn’t 100% committed.
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10-24-2014, 10:58 AM
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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Also, the study only considered college students.
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10-24-2014, 11:01 AM
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Franchise Player
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It's also funny because "classical" is relatively low while "Beethoven" is far and aware the leader.
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Johnny eats garbage and isn’t 100% committed.
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10-24-2014, 12:09 PM
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Syracuse, NY
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Insert "your favorite music sucks" comment here.
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10-24-2014, 12:15 PM
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Scoring Winger
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I just don't like jazz. Even if it flagged me as desperately dim, I still couldn't even pretend to like it. I'm not all that keen on funk, either.
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10-24-2014, 12:55 PM
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Offered up a bag of cans for a custom user title
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Westside
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I would be too embarrassed to post what bands I listen to on Facebook.
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10-24-2014, 01:20 PM
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Basement Chicken Choker
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: In a land without pants, or war, or want. But mostly we care about the pants.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by East Coast Flame
Summary: People who are deemed “smart” by rigid standards of intelligence erected by the white male dominated power structure tend to listen to more white artists and musicians, while the people who that very same system has deemed “dumb” tend to listen to more black artists and musicians.
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Fight the Power, listen to Beyonce. Hers are the songs of revolution.
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10-24-2014, 01:25 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Sylvan Lake
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Counting Crows............study is invalid.
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10-24-2014, 01:32 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Okotoks
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Quote:
Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
Counting Crows............study is invalid.
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Well round here we just stare at the beautiful women and try to spark up a conversation with them...
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10-24-2014, 02:29 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Maryland State House, Annapolis
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This seems like a rather blatant trolling attempt. Like seriously, why the hell is Hinder on this list? Is it 2005 again?
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10-24-2014, 05:51 PM
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One of the Nine
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Space Sector 2814
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Can't help but chuckle at where Gospel sits.
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10-24-2014, 05:54 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Calgary
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How the heck is Kanye West ahead of Hip Hop in General?
Should be the other way around.
Also, without listening to it, I would've guessed Jazz to be more on the smart side.
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10-24-2014, 06:19 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
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I also love how the actual genres encompass such a small IQ range. Hip hop and r&b combined make up such a small segment although I suppose the fact they are closer to the mean would indicate higher numbers there also
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