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NFT: Music That Make You Dumb (SAT Score Average)

GiantFilthy : 10/24/2014 9:28 am
Don't see Taylor Swift on there!  
BrettNYG10 : 10/24/2014 9:30 am : link
Off the charts intelligence!
I'm not sure this is representative of anything  
Modus Operandi : 10/24/2014 9:31 am : link
Other than that there's a lot of shitty music.
RE: Don't see Taylor Swift on there!  
Modus Operandi : 10/24/2014 9:32 am : link
In comment 11938313 BrettNYG10 said:
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Off the charts intelligence!


Only a matter of time until she writes a song about this.
Probably more correlative than anything else...  
Dunedin81 : 10/24/2014 9:33 am : link
but still interesting to see.
I refuse to believe that anyone who listens to Counting Crows  
Greg from LI : 10/24/2014 9:36 am : link
has a brain in their head
RE: I refuse to believe that anyone who listens to Counting Crows  
Modus Operandi : 10/24/2014 9:46 am : link
In comment 11938325 Greg from LI said:
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has a brain in their head


Or working auditory receptors.
Shouldn't this be reversed  
Blue Baller : 10/24/2014 9:47 am : link
music dumb people listen to?
Read the method.  
Rick5 : 10/24/2014 9:52 am : link
This borders on being completely worthless information.
RE: Shouldn't this be reversed  
Giants2012 : 10/24/2014 9:55 am : link
In comment 11938343 Blue Baller said:
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music dumb people listen to?


I'm not smart enough to know.

I wonder what music the Giants listen too and whoose idea it was to dance on the Eagles 50 yard line prior to the annihilation.

RE: Read the method.  
Modus Operandi : 10/24/2014 10:01 am : link
In comment 11938355 Rick5 said:
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This borders on being completely worthless information.


Agreed. SAT scores are poor data because it excluded a ton of stupid people. Justin Beiber and Taylor Swift fans, for instance, who're too young to have taken the SATs. Or Danzig fans, none of which have graduated past the secondary level.
Range restriction,  
Rick5 : 10/24/2014 10:01 am : link
sampling biases, applying mean SAT scores for a whole school regardless of whether or not the whole school uses facebook and posts their music preferences there, comparing whole genres (e.g., "classical") to individual "groups" (e.g., U2), no information about on the degree to which the subjects know the difference between a C# and see saw. Total garbage.
RE: RE: Read the method.  
Greg from LI : 10/24/2014 10:01 am : link
In comment 11938382 Modus Operandi said:
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Or Danzig fans, none of which have graduated past the secondary level.


You're so dead to me
RE: RE: Don't see Taylor Swift on there!  
BrettNYG10 : 10/24/2014 10:01 am : link
In comment 11938317 Modus Operandi said:
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In comment 11938313 BrettNYG10 said:


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Off the charts intelligence!



Only a matter of time until she writes a song about this.


Probably won't have time to fit it in on her new album (Out on Monday!!!). Maybe next time.
damn typos.  
Rick5 : 10/24/2014 10:04 am : link
no information about on the degree to which the subjects know the difference between a C# and see saw. Total garbage. [/quote]
no information about the degree to which the subjects know the difference between a C# and seesaw.
Beethoven is for morons  
Ken from Flushing : 10/24/2014 10:11 am : link
Smart people listen to Bach, Haydn, Mozart, and Conway Twitty.
Once again, BBI has a problem with cause and effect.  
Marty in Albany : 10/24/2014 10:13 am : link
Dumb people make bad choices, including the music that they listen to.

I will only go so far as to say that women who enjoy rap songs that refer to women as "ho's" and "bitches" are dumb.
I don't need no fancy chart...  
SB : 10/24/2014 10:39 am : link
...to tell me Tool fans are smarter than Disturbed fans!
RE: Shouldn't this be reversed  
River Mike : 10/24/2014 10:41 am : link
In comment 11938343 Blue Baller said:
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music dumb people listen to?



That makes more sense. Although I have seen studies showing that listening to classical music (Beethoven) does improve test scores
RE: Range restriction,  
River Mike : 10/24/2014 10:44 am : link
In comment 11938383 Rick5 said:
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sampling biases, applying mean SAT scores for a whole school regardless of whether or not the whole school uses facebook and posts their music preferences there, comparing whole genres (e.g., "classical") to individual "groups" (e.g., U2), no information about on the degree to which the subjects know the difference between a C# and see saw. Total garbage.


Rick, c'mon. Did you really expect rigorous methodology in something like this :)
Damn  
Mike in Long Beach : 10/24/2014 11:00 am : link
John Legend is literally off the charts.
Milo Aukerman is a research biochemist  
Greg from LI : 10/24/2014 11:04 am : link
Dexter Holland is a molecular biologist
Greg Graffin has taught zoology at Cornell

Punk rock FTW.
I think if an algorithm can accuarately predict what music you like  
chris r : 10/24/2014 11:11 am : link
chances are your aesthetic intelligence at least isn't all too high.
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RE: RE: Range restriction,  
Rick5 : 10/24/2014 11:25 am : link
In comment 11938444 River Mike said:
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In comment 11938383 Rick5 said:


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sampling biases, applying mean SAT scores for a whole school regardless of whether or not the whole school uses facebook and posts their music preferences there, comparing whole genres (e.g., "classical") to individual "groups" (e.g., U2), no information about on the degree to which the subjects know the difference between a C# and see saw. Total garbage.



Rick, c'mon. Did you really expect rigorous methodology in something like this :)

Hey Mike, I hope you have been doing well! No, of course not. But, I think a lot of people see numbers attached to something and take them at face value. Plus, it's in my blood to comment on that sort of stuff b/c I spend so much time thinking about that of stuff during the workday.
RE: Milo Aukerman is a research biochemist  
chris r : 10/24/2014 11:29 am : link
In comment 11938465 Greg from LI said:
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Dexter Holland is a molecular biologist
Greg Graffin has taught zoology at Cornell

Punk rock FTW.


Brian May is an astrophysicist isnt he?
RE: Probably more correlative than anything else...  
Deej : 10/24/2014 12:11 pm : link
In comment 11938321 Dunedin81 said:
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but still interesting to see.


Right. Plus SATs are not an intelligence test, and are a terrible proxy for intelligence because it is not only a test that you CAN learn, it is a test that people DO learn. Some kids study and practice like crazy for it, others go in blind. I bet the more interesting correlation here would be this music and the socioeconomic status.
RE: RE: Probably more correlative than anything else...  
Rick5 : 10/24/2014 12:25 pm : link
In comment 11938559 Deej said:
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In comment 11938321 Dunedin81 said:


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but still interesting to see.



Right. Plus SATs are not an intelligence test, and are a terrible proxy for intelligence because it is not only a test that you CAN learn, it is a test that people DO learn.


Not true.
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2011/12/04/why-should-sats-matter/the-sat-is-a-good-intelligence-test
BOO-YA!  
Greg from LI : 10/24/2014 12:31 pm : link
There it is in black and white - my awesome SAT scores really DO outweigh my mediocre grades! YES!
RE: BOO-YA!  
Rick5 : 10/24/2014 12:37 pm : link
In comment 11938600 Greg from LI said:
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There it is in black and white - my awesome SAT scores really DO outweigh my mediocre grades! YES!

Pretty obvious to me that you are a smart guy. Was that ever in question?
RE: I refuse to believe that anyone who listens to Counting Crows  
santacruzom : 10/24/2014 12:51 pm : link
In comment 11938325 Greg from LI said:
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has a brain in their head


Absolute first thing I noticed as well.
RE: RE: Read the method.  
Don in DC : 10/24/2014 4:17 pm : link
In comment 11938382 Modus Operandi said:
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This borders on being completely worthless information.



Agreed. SAT scores are poor data because it excluded a ton of stupid people. Justin Beiber and Taylor Swift fans, for instance, who're too young to have taken the SATs. Or Danzig fans, none of which have graduated past the secondary level.


I love Danzig's first two albums (and the entire Misfits catalog)!
Damn son, why didn't you say somethin' earlier?  
Rocky Thompson : 10/25/2014 6:32 pm : link

Plenty of Steak And Taters around here.

I guess that would put Cap'n Beefheart at the top of the list, Cowsills up there too. Sheeeit, we even have Meatloaf on Friday nights here.

Well, I guess Meatloaf don't qualify but 2 out of 3 ain't bad.

---------Chipper Jones
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