Thief13x and Heart disease.

CCCToad on 10/2/2010 at 03:46

(http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE61900L20100210)

Quote:

LONDON (Reuters) - Intelligence comes second only to smoking as a predictor of heart disease, scientists said on Wednesday, suggesting public health campaigns may need to be designed for people with lower IQs if they are to work.

Research by Britain's Medical Research Council (MRC) found that lower intelligence quotient (IQ) scores were associated with higher rates of heart disease and death, and were more important indicators than any other risk factors except smoking.

Honestly, I'm not even so sure where to begin. There's a part of me that says that anyone who gulps Big Macs probably has a lower intelligence to begin with, but there's also another part that says that its a pretty stupid assumption to make that being stupid is a direct cause of health disease. Isn't more likely that people with substantially lower IQ's are going to have bottom wages and therefore eat an unhealthier diet?

Shug on 10/2/2010 at 04:23

straight from the horse's mouth, ladies and gents

crunchy on 10/2/2010 at 04:23

I thought stupidity was more closely linked to Darwin Award-esque type deaths.

PeeperStorm on 10/2/2010 at 04:47

Near as I can tell, stupidity is linked to being in front of me at the grocery store. And cell phones.

Thief13x on 10/2/2010 at 04:55

....or to the local freeways

that said I consider myself smart but am befuddled at the choice of thread title:erg:

june gloom on 10/2/2010 at 05:31

There's a shock.

SubJeff on 10/2/2010 at 07:18

Zing!

Also; Predictor isn't the same as cause, Einstein.

SD on 10/2/2010 at 10:16

Quote Posted by CCCToad

its a pretty stupid assumption to make that being stupid is a direct cause of health disease

But they didn't say that. You are seeing cum hoc ergo propter hoc where none is even implied.

Quote Posted by CCCToad

Isn't more likely that people with substantially lower IQ's are going to have bottom wages and therefore eat an unhealthier diet?

Oh gee, you think? :rolleyes:

*Zaccheus* on 10/2/2010 at 14:36

In other news, europeans who wear scarfs are more likely to have been in trouble with the police. :D

SubJeff on 10/2/2010 at 17:32

Quote Posted by SD

But they didn't say that. You are seeing cum hoc ergo propter hoc where none is even implied.

Is there a frikking echo in here in here in here in here in here. . . ?