well from a sociological point of view, i find this study flawed in the sense that A) he doesn't take the new version of the test (out of 2400 which includes a new essay portion) and all of these artists generally fall within the same general area on the spectrum...
so with the results concluded, it's obvious that the average human intellect is within the rang most of these artists lie, and how versatile peoples music tastes are...
now taking the extremes on either side of this spectrum you see Beethoven among the smarter scores and Little Wayne among the least...well how to explain that? well the kids you remember in school who got straight A's and are in all AP and Honors classes who get scholarly awards and are heavily involved in the school orchestra are all listening to the styles of music they play in school, classical (i.e. Beethoven). These students generally live in comfortable rich homes and live in wealthy areas where they live comfortably enough to be able to focus on their academics.
and the "wangsters" who listen to rap and hip hop (i.e. Little Wayne) are among the students who live in urban homes in which most of the time there is only one parent present and money is tight...in these homes, home life is of higher importance than academics cause many of these students to drop-out of high school or just settle with a highschool deploma and the generally don't pursue college...
sorry for my sociological explanation, but i guess my point here is that this study is obviously not an accurate and reliable representation of the music's effect on a person's intelect...it's where and how they were raised which has an affect on academics and also has an affect on musical preference...but to say music preference and intelligence are directly related is inaccurate
I went to see a Beethoven tribute band at the Hollywood Bowl last summer (I guess he doesn't play live gigs anymore??). They refused to play any old stuff...all they did was play his 5th album....would it have killed them to break out some stuff from his 3rd or 4th record during the encore??????????????
I got 1490...the old SAT. One-off, no studying. 760 Verbal, 730 Math.
Yeah, they were just testing the writing portion when I took it. Damn shame, because I think I got an 800 on that part. But my score ended up a 1430. I did better on the ACT and LSAT.
I wish life was a standardized test. I kick ass on them. My grades, job performance, and work ethic never live up to my supposed potential though
No offense to the OP, but that's probably the dumbest things I've seen on here. I believe that as a majority, PJ fans have well above-average intelligence and tend to be politically and socially involved.
Political and social involvement doesn't necessarily mean one is intelligent... that's why this country has so many problems
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Why not (V) (°,,,,°) (V) ?
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That's the whole point!
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Why not (V) (°,,,,°) (V) ?
btw I got a 1360 SAT. Am i in our range???
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so with the results concluded, it's obvious that the average human intellect is within the rang most of these artists lie, and how versatile peoples music tastes are...
now taking the extremes on either side of this spectrum you see Beethoven among the smarter scores and Little Wayne among the least...well how to explain that? well the kids you remember in school who got straight A's and are in all AP and Honors classes who get scholarly awards and are heavily involved in the school orchestra are all listening to the styles of music they play in school, classical (i.e. Beethoven). These students generally live in comfortable rich homes and live in wealthy areas where they live comfortably enough to be able to focus on their academics.
and the "wangsters" who listen to rap and hip hop (i.e. Little Wayne) are among the students who live in urban homes in which most of the time there is only one parent present and money is tight...in these homes, home life is of higher importance than academics cause many of these students to drop-out of high school or just settle with a highschool deploma and the generally don't pursue college...
sorry for my sociological explanation, but i guess my point here is that this study is obviously not an accurate and reliable representation of the music's effect on a person's intelect...it's where and how they were raised which has an affect on academics and also has an affect on musical preference...but to say music preference and intelligence are directly related is inaccurate
I went to see a Beethoven tribute band at the Hollywood Bowl last summer (I guess he doesn't play live gigs anymore??). They refused to play any old stuff...all they did was play his 5th album....would it have killed them to break out some stuff from his 3rd or 4th record during the encore??????????????
Yeah, they were just testing the writing portion when I took it. Damn shame, because I think I got an 800 on that part. But my score ended up a 1430. I did better on the ACT and LSAT.
I wish life was a standardized test. I kick ass on them. My grades, job performance, and work ethic never live up to my supposed potential though
Political and social involvement doesn't necessarily mean one is intelligent... that's why this country has so many problems