Report Claims Men More Intelligent Than Women

Jeremy Dean writes "In controversial research reported all over the place, Richard Lynn, the emeritus professor of psychology at Ulster University claims that, on average, men are more intelligent than women. Let battle commence! As the research is not yet published there's nothing more to go on than the press reports. The co-author of the study, Dr Irwing, a senior lecturer in organisational psychology at Manchester University, is apologetic about the findings. In the BBC News report he states that the paper will go on to argue that despite their disadvantage in IQ, there is evidence that women utilise their (lesser!) talents better than men. This simply begs the question of what use IQ tests are if they don't predict anything in the real world."

Let me be the 1st

[achew22]

Well, I'm going to be one of the 1st to say that I've known this for a long time

*SMACK*

Girlfriend: "Get back in line you stupid male."

Me: "Yes ma'am"

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Uh oh!

[mister_llah]

In other news:
Richard Lynn, the emeritus professor of psychology at Ulster University, will never get laid again.

Oh boy...

[LiNKz]

...I can only imagine how many women are going to protest this. On the same key, if there was a report that said women are smarter then men, most likely we would just accept it, or ignore it, and continue to put together the desk without directions.

Double Standards.

uh oh

[slashdotnickname]

here come a bunch of overrated "+5 funny" jokes to prove the study wrong

Reports?

[grasshoppa]

As the research is not yet published there's nothing more to go on than the press reports

But, by god, we aren't going to let that stop us, are we?!

Some Researchers Aren't Getting Any Tonight...

[Blahbooboo3]

Phew, some male researches are not getting "any" from their wives or significant-others for the next week! :)

Re:Since I'm a smart man...

[Anonymous Coward]

It's comments like that, that make up 99% of the *SINGLE* guys on slashdot....go figure!

Re:Uh oh!

[nacturation]

again?
 

I am a MAN.

[DroopyStonx]

I'm a man who discovered the wheel and built the Eiffel Tower out of metal and brawn.

That's what kind of man I am.

You're just a woman with a small brain. With a brain a third the size of us.

It's science.

(Obligatory Ron Burgundy)

Re:Just in...

[kfg]

Why can't I get paid to spout idiotic claptrap all day?

You haven't made management yet?

KFG

Re:Obviously, we *are* more intelligent

[Anonymous Coward]

Oh, you mean you really *can't* read minds? Silly men. I guess we gals just take that ability for granted.

Penises.

[DarkHelmet]

Of course men are more intelligent! We have TWO brains!

Not True!

[Anonymous Coward]

Clearly this study is false. Otherwise, the comments on Slashdot would be far more intelligent.

Re:Obviously, we *are* more intelligent

[bigman2003]

But I think that women are far more cunning.

Of the married people I know, about 95% of the women are 'in charge.' Maybe the guys walk around and think they are running the show, but when it comes down to it, it is typically the woman.

It's probably a good thing too...I would do far more stupid stuff if my wife wasn't there to tell me what a stupid idea it was.

On the other hand, I would have a lot more fun...

It's like your mom telling you to wear a sweater. It's not fun, but you'll be a lot more comfortable if you listen.

Re:Let me be the 1st

[macdaddy357]

Bitches be stupid? We don't need no mofukkin' scientist to tell us dat shizzle!

Re:The women know who to blame...

[DanielNS84]

their*

Re:Since I'm a smart man...

[Anonymous Coward]

gag one:

I, for one, welcome our new male overlords.... wait..."new"?

gag two:

If only there were some sexy chicks to say say gag one without the last bit, but I am afraid the situations a lot more grim that that. For one, no women will say that. And two, even if they did, it wouldn't be to anyone on slashdot.

gag three:

You know how there is a "womyn's room" in every uni? The idea being it's women without the "men". I want you to set up a "myn's" club in your local uni - our catchphrase will be "putting the myn back in womyn". Spread the meme.

</male crypto-fascist patriarchal bigotry>
</all that is funny and amusing>

wait... second closing tag is redundant.

try teh veal!!1

Re:Obviously, we *are* more intelligent

[fireman sam]

Reminds me of a joke:

Q: Why do men die before their wives?

A: Because they want to.

When you get married, you will realize that this is in fact sad, but true.

Re:Problem is

[MsGeek]

Ahem.

Re:Let me be the 1st

[Anonymous Coward]

Of course men are smarter. We as women have been taught all our lives that this: |---------| is 7 inches.

Of course our intelligence would be skewed.

Familial experience is proof

[shadowmatter]

When my mom asks what I did today at work, and I say that I developed some mixin classes in Java because it does not support multiple inheritance unlike other object oriented frameworks and used generics because I want my compiler to catch some casting errors at compile-time rather than run-time because the application runs in a networked environment lossy at the transport layer and where distributed debugging is hard although Apache log4j helps and it's the best I can do because my boss wouldn't allow me to use Python which is dynamically typed and shares the same garbage collection facilities as Java which I think is of the generational variety although I haven't disassembled to find out and has wonderful functional programming elemets built in like anonymous methods and the Mersenne Twister random number generator built right-in that has a 623-dimensionally equidistributed uniform distribution... She starts complaining about headaches and how she doesn't get it.

Then I ask my dad if he wants more elaboration, but he just shakes his head and turns away, because he OBVIOUSLY gets it.

QED!

- shadowmatter

Tell your niece to turn off her fucking TV.

[CyricZ]

If your niece is still fairly young, tell her to turn off her TV. Throw out her Hollywood-preaching magazines. Tell her to grab a physics book, the works of Plato, or some other intellectual material for her to read and contemplate. Get her involved in sports. Teach her about camping and farming. Please, help your niece before it's too late.

Two Heads Are Better Than One

[Doc Ruby]

When I got married, I told my wife

"OK, from now on, I'll make all the hard decisions, and you'll just make all the easy decisions."

Since then, we haven't had a single hard decision to make yet.

Re:I don't understand the politically correct upro

[VENONA]

Bingo! I wish someone would do a study on how often that happens. And rated the papers by how often they did it. *That* would be a metric worth seeing. Of course, few papers would report it...

Re:Obviously, we *are* more intelligent

[Anonymous Coward]

So, when you're banging her doggie style, grunt like you're coming, then pull out and spit on her back. Male orgasm faked.

Pwned.

Re:Let me be the 1st

[Madd Scientist]

since when do "mac" mean "black" homie? i'm straight cracker. stop with the e-hate. HOLLA

Re:Let me be the 1st

[Anonymous Coward]

Hahaha. You'd have to be as dumb as a woman to believe this guy on /. has a girlfriend.

You insensitive clods,

[Anonymous Coward]

I am a hermaphrodite.

My wife will tell you...

[xaoslaad]

... that I am smarter than her. Maybe she is right, maybe she is not.

But few would debate the fact that she is the superior human being.

Lets make bullet points

[digitalgimpus]

Men
- men orgasm before sex is complete (woman need to do it before the man... or no chance).
- men make women cook... woman just do it
- men encourage woman to shave sensitive areas... we refuse.

Woman
- hold men hostage by their penis
- can be a bitch a few days a month, and blame it on biologicial processes (and blame men somehow)
- scream for equal rights... except when the draft comes around... then "gender roles are essential in society".
- can orgasm in the shower without getting a cramp from stroking (damn waterpik's).

I've known a lot of women in my days

[Drew Curtis]

Lived with quite a few, too. They averaged 1.5 hours a day on bathroom tasks (don't ask me WHAT they're doing in there - if they're bringing in a book I'm wrong) while I spend that time on logic, number theory and combinatorics. Is it any surprise that I'm a tad smarter than they are, when they spend all of that time dousing themselves in antibiotics while I'm enriching my brain?

Testosterone

[multiplexo]

It's a superior cognitive stimulant.

Re:Uh oh!

[mrtroy]

Based on reading the article, it isn't clear the women were given any incentives to do well on the test. No cookie, nothing.

Run the study again, but tell them there's a $100 payoff for scores over 125, and watch the scores jump.

I think you should stick with your first thoughts, if the women know there is a cookie up for grabs...

Re:why?

[HexaByte]

You haven't been denied the right to vote, discriminated at the workplace, took lesser wages, get constanly objectified... all because you're a chick.

Of course not, were smarter than that!

(Me ducks)

Re:Let me be the 1st

[payback451]

I can attest firsthand that some people actually talk like that. Most worse.

Einstein

[Rei]

Booyakasha. E-man indahouse aiii. Big shout out ta mi Slashdottas massiv wit a capital S, coz slashdot iz a place izznit - u see I aint no ignoramus. Things like 'apple' and 'orange' do not start wit a capital letter, unless dey iz at de start of a sentence - but some of you brainboxes probably already know dat already innit. Me name be Albert E and me represent de USA. For those of u who didn't study geography de USA is a place over a 100 MILES wide, de capital of it iz? Anyone? Not u geography square! ....yes, it is New York. U iz clever and quite fly if u don't mind me sayin.

First of all, I iz got to say I iz a bit nervous speakin to so many of you - at least me would be if I weren't totally mashed. In da past, de only public-speaking I does is to a couple peoplez, and it's well easy all me has to say iz me name and de words 'nicht ein Jude'.

Anyways I digest. . To fink dat so many great people has been called smart like Lyndon Banes Johnson, or as he is better known - JFK, Newton was also smart I fink, and also...William Tell - is he one of those smart guyz, probably, and dat bloke wiv de hat, but most importantly dat really fit honey from who did da work on Radium - if u iz out dere, me'd love to - me iz stayin at de Best Western Hotel - me's got a really nice room, altho since dis morning dem has put a parental lock on de tv.

Anyways, me be thinking dat de smart people are really dumb, like, f'in those guys wit da bag on theys heads whos always botherin me an my honeys as we walk down by da park, about Jesus and angry beez and tings like dat. For those of u who studying people and categories in college, you probably already learned that they be called homeless, because de dont have any home or so de media would like u ta believe, an top scientists like me homies work night and day to figur out where de brainz went. De got dis wikid box dat makes pictures from shootin invisible laser-rays in they eyes and out da back like from Star Wars and sht.

But really, ya know, sometimes me tink that i like dem too. I mean, I smart in some ways - I brilliant at counting - ye know, 1, 2, 3...4... I could continue, easy. I memorized da whole alphabet 'a to x' and can even spell words like "hippopotamus". But I cant even figure out dis whole quantum uncertainty thing, and I cant find me car keys, and where we at rite now?

As it iz, I look out and I see 1000s of people who iz smarter den me in de brains and all - but it is important never to forget where u all came from - becoz black, white, brown or pakistani we all come from de same place - de punani. Jah bless - bigupyaself Slashdot...and keep it real... wesside."

An unbalanced debate

[Phat_Tony]

"Let battle commence!"

Oh yeah, Slashdot's a fair place to have this argument. Men outnumber women about 100:1 around here.

As if the argument wasn't already skewed enough, it's completely unfair since we're smarter than them.

MOD PARENT UP!

[saned]

"In my relationship, I always have the last word: Yes, honey"

-P@

Re:Oh boy...

[aristotle-dude]

Doesn't she write children's books like Hairy Potter? I would hardly call children's books like Hair Potter "literature".

Re:Let me be the 1st

[el_womble]

Sounds like you have issues. A friend of mine recommended Dr. Eliza [www-ai.ijs.si]. She's really helped me work through some of my own issues. The voices in my head are down to a dull roar, and my twitching no longer turns bath time into jaccuzzi time.

Re:Let me be the 1st

[Madd Scientist]

sounds about right. just kidding. or am i?

Caucasian males ARE the way to go.

[Anonymous Coward]

A caucasian male would have never made such a mistake.

Re:Let me be the 1st

[master_p]

Black people are smarter than white people. Please, before modding me as flamebait/trolling, try to participate in a black community. The least
you will feel is that you are stupid! I have seen many white people, including me, to try and follow the conversations and jokes of blacks. They speak fast, they change context fast, and they are so competitive to each other that it's very difficult for a white person to follow them. Put a white person in a black community and see him choke on the simplest of tasks, like how to get respect, or to form long lasting friendships...and I wouldn't like to mention sports, because blacks are not only stronger, but actually better strategists in games! I've played team sports with black people, including basketball and soccer, and I can attest to the fact that are the most clever strategists, if they need to!

Of course that does not explain why black people don't have achievements in sciences. My best explanation is that they despise the whole 'politically correct' and 'civilized' camouflage of the white society, a situation where sexuality is suppressed (and black people are proud of their sexuality!) and conformity is rewarded. Maybe it is that they live life to the fullest from early years instead of chasing promises of glory...

Re:Since I'm a smart man...

[Xner]

You know how there is a "womyn's room" in every uni? The idea being it's women without the "men". I want you to set up a "myn's" club in your local uni - our catchphrase will be "putting the myn back in womyn". Spread the meme.

Ours is called the "Physics lab".

Re:Politically Correct != Correct

[Anonymous Coward]

"However, the first suggestion that the perceived majority group (straight white males) might be better than any minority, at anything, threatens us - just listen to the knee-jerk reaction of almost-unanimous disapproval."

Straight white males may be the perceived majority, but in western society, the majority of the people in charge (business leaders and politicians) are CROOKED white males.

Re:Let me be the 1st

[sgant]

Usually it's the suburban white kids who try to act like this. Trying to imitate hip-hop or rap or whatever they're calling the bunch of guys with a rhyme dictionary and a drum machine nowadays.

It's all about trying to piss off their parents. Back in the 60's it was people smoking dope and growing their hair long. The 70's it was Mohawks and punk music. 80's was spiky hair and dying it pink or blue or both. The 90's was flannel shirts and not washing your hair. Now it's all about the imitating the "gangsta" rap. But even that is dying off. I fear what the next thing is to piss off your parents will be. Probably posting offtopic remarks on Slashdot.

Re:Missunderstanding

[override11]

The REAL WORLD is in the woods, in nature.

Eric Cartman put it best: Hippies.They're everywhere. They wanna save the earth, but all they do is smoke pot and smell bad.

Re:Obviously, we *are* more intelligent

[indifferent children]

I bet every one of his guy friends understands how he feels without him having to explain it in detail.

The answer is...horny! And I don't even have to know the dude.

You sound like you have hypchondriaphobia to me

[BlackCobra43]

Get it checked out - while you still CAN!

Re:Missunderstanding

[lcsjk]

"before we even get to comparing men vs. women, we need to define what "intelligence" is and how to measure it.

Untill those 'blah', 'foo' and 'x' are defined the statement will make no sense."

"Blah" is the sound one makes after putting bad tasting food into his mouth.

"Foo" is the word an older woman uses when her husband trys to tell her something that she thinks is not true, as "Oh, foo to you!"

"x",unfortunately, is an unknown, and can never be defined, meaning that that we will be forced into an eternity of not knowing what intelligence really is.

Re:Let me be the 1st

[h4rm0ny]

Trying to imitate hip-hop or rap or whatever they're calling the bunch of guys with a rhyme dictionary and a drum machine nowadays.

It's funny 'cause of your sig.

No offense - just like the "poetic" irony ;)

Re:Let me be the 1st

[navyjeff]

We as women have been taught all our lives that this: |---------| is 7 inches

On my White Male 34" monitor, it is 7 inches. Thanks to my lower visual acuity, my fonts are as big as I can make it. So it starts small but gets much larger.

Re:Preparing to be called sexist...

[cecom]

I completely agree.

As a side note I would like to point that if women _were_ smarter than men, most of the male readership of Slashdot would never get laid. Oh, wait, that already is the case ! :-)

No, I'm pretty sure that this is true.

[chaboud]

Every girlfriend I've had has been less intelligent than me.

I mean, come on, they dated me .

Re:Familial experience is proof

[Anonymous Coward]

Hahaha, mod parent up!

Which one, his mom or his dad?

Re:Let me be the 1st

[Anonymous Coward]

Usually it's the suburban white kids who try to act like this. Trying to imitate hip-hop or rap or whatever they're calling the bunch of guys with a rhyme dictionary and a drum machine nowadays.

If you look at the history of the thing, white people have often considered it amusing to imitate 'dialect'. Yeah, there was a brief enlightened age during the 1960s-1970s, but otherwise white culture is quite thoroughly steeped in racism.

The current fascination with an imaginary urban landscape peopled with "pimps" and "hos" is at its core the same as the attraction to the equally-imaginary lifestyle of slaves or sharecroppers on quaint Southern plantations. E.g., "Tales of Uncle Remus": [virginia.edu]

"`Tu'n me loose, fo' I kick de natal stuffin' outen you,' sez Brer Rabbit, sezee, but de Tar-Baby, she ain't sayin' nuthin'. She des hilt on, en de Brer Rabbit lose de use er his feet in de same way. Brer Fox, he lay low. Den Brer Rabbit squall out dat ef de Tar-Baby don't tu'n 'im loose he butt 'er cranksided. En den he butted, en his head got stuck. Den Brer Fox, he sa'ntered fort', lookin' dez ez innercent ez wunner yo' mammy's mockin'-birds.

"`Howdy, Brer Rabbit,' sez Brer Fox, sezee. `You look sorter stuck up dis mawnin',' sezee, en den he rolled on de groun', en laft en laft twel he couldn't laff no mo'. `I speck you'll take dinner wid me dis time, Brer Rabbit. I done laid in some calamus root, en I ain't gwineter take no skuse,' sez Brer Fox, sezee."

Here Uncle Remus paused, and drew a two-pound yam out of the ashes.

"Did the fox eat the rabbit?" asked the little boy to whom the story had been told.

"Dat's all de fur de tale goes," replied the old man. "He mout, an den agin he moutent. Some say Judge B'ar come 'long en loosed 'im - some say he didn't. I hear Miss Sally callin'. You better run 'long."