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Smarter Teens Have Less Sex
Posted by
CmdrTaco
on Wed Aug 01, 2007 10:33 AM
from the still-no-excuse-for-you dept.
from the still-no-excuse-for-you dept.
Tech.Luver writes "Gene Expression reports,
"Tyler Cowen quotes from a new study testing the relationship between grades and delayed sexual activity.
Last December I passed a paper along to Razib showing that high-school age adolescents with higher IQs and extremely low IQs were less likely to have had first intercourse than those with average to below average intelligence. (i.e. for males with IQs under 70, 63.3% were still virgins, for those with IQs between 70-90 only 50.2% were virgin, 58.6% were virgins with IQs between 90-110, and 70.3% with IQs over 110 were virgins)
In fact, a more detailed study from 2000 is devoted strictly to this topic, and finds the same thing: Smart Teens Don't Have Sex (or Kiss Much Either). ""
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ohh (Score:5, Funny)
Re:ohh (Score:5, Funny)
Well, then I must have been ultrasmart... :(
Or extremely stupid. ;)
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Not me (Score:5, Funny)
Bad news for slashdotters (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Bad news for slashdotters (Score:5, Funny)
Since slashdotters have typically IQ in the range of 160 to 220, the will remain virgins till age 72 or so by my extrapolation.
So you're saying that based on the average Slashdot post, you would assign an IQ of 160 to 220 to the general Slashdot population. I assume you're joking. (People with Mod points, however, are actually extremely intelligent and discerning.)
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Re:Bad news for slashdotters (Score:5, Funny)
So you are saying they don't get laid?
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Idiocracy (Score:5, Insightful)
Converse not true (Score:5, Funny)
But... (Score:5, Funny)
That explains... (Score:5, Funny)
That explains the mouth-breathing 14 year olds pushing their babies in strollers and carrying another in their belly I see lumbering around downtown Winnipeg at lunch. They should coat welfare cheques with birth control hormones.
Somethings wrong.. (Score:5, Funny)
A usefull vote for a change (Score:5, Funny)
How old were you, the first time you had sex:
Below 15
15
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19+
What is sex??
Re:A usefull vote for a change (Score:5, Funny)
Below 15
15
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19+
I'm saving myself for CowboyNeal (you insensitive clod!)
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Re:A usefull vote for a change (Score:5, Funny)
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Only proves which kids will *say* they've had sex (Score:5, Interesting)
quotes of quotes of quotes (Score:5, Funny)
Cmdr Taco posts that:
Tech_Luver writes that:
Gene Expression reports that:
Tyler Cowen quotes from a:
Razib paper showing that:
A survey found that:
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I'm worried that if I tell someone that I read about this on slashdot, the universe might implode.
Worse than it used to be (Score:5, Interesting)
Man, I wish I was born in the Victorian era. Sigh.
Peter
Girls steer clear of us... (Score:5, Funny)
Cheers!
Re:I Believe... (Score:5, Insightful)
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Re:That's 'cause... (Score:5, Insightful)
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Re:That's 'cause... (Score:5, Insightful)
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Re:That's 'cause... (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:The question (Score:5, Funny)
I'll go cry now.
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Re:Evolution in Action (Score:5, Funny)
Of course not, but mostly because it's really hard to find someone smarter than me.
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Re:This is a good thing (Score:5, Insightful)
But there's only so much time for sex with teenagers. Get it while you can guys.
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