Are People Getting Taller or Shorter?

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Short people are smarter because they get more oxygen to their brains than the tall people in their thinning atmosphere.
 
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It is an unreasonable statement to say that tall people are generally smarter. I don't think Alber Einstein was extremely tall?
 
killerinstinct said:
I don't think Alber Einstein was extremely tall?


Obviously you are.
 
hahaha... cruel.
 
i have no idea why people say height affects people's intelligence ?
I am 176cm, 50kg, and I am smarter than many idiots I have met...
 
Pattielli said:
i have no idea why people say height affects people's intelligence ?
I am 176cm, 50kg, and I am smarter than many idiots I have met...


Converting units...thats about 5'9, 110 lbs? So how big are the idiots? Height isn't correlated to intellgence but personal confidence, force of presence, and ability to influence people often are correlated to height, generally speaking, taller people are more confident, hold people's attention better, and thus are more listened to making them more success, its entirely psyhcological.
 
Pattielli said:
i have no idea why people say height affects people's intelligence ?
I am 176cm, 50kg, and I am smarter than many idiots I have met...

Well, I'm smarter than all the idiots I have met! :-p

Njorl
 
*Chuckle* ah, Njorl you crack me up.

Successful people have great hair too.
 
The reason why there were so many great short leaders is because short people are so good at manipulating big people.

Tall people feel superior because they can go out and hunt bears or something. But that's fine. You hunt bears and I'll run the country.

Mwa ha ha! :devil:

Matt
 
When was the last time the BGP (British Gnome Party) won the election?
 
But we all know it's not the politicians who run the country, but the civil service (which is full of short people). Didn't you ever watch 'yes minister'?
 
baffledMatt said:
But we all know it's not the politicians who run the country, but the civil service (which is full of short people). Didn't you ever watch 'yes minister'?

Lol I do occasionally but usually the politicians in that are thicker than a whale omelette... OK i see your point :wink: