Fjool Posted December 18, 2006 Report Share Posted December 18, 2006 Had to wonder at this from the BBC News: High IQ link to being vegetarianIntelligent children are more likely to become vegetarians later in life, a study says. Men who were vegetarian had an IQ score of 106, compared with 101 for non-vegetarians; while female vegetarians averaged 104, compared with 99 for non-vegetarians. So far, so good. However... a bit later in the article: There was no difference in IQ score between strict vegetarians and those who said they were vegetarian but who reported eating fish or chicken. Uhm... lol? Not particluarly intelligent to confuse vegetables and chickens if you ask me. Doesn't this nullify the entire study? (Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6180753.stm ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sludgegulper Posted December 18, 2006 Report Share Posted December 18, 2006 Have an IQ of 147 (yes, I am a member) & I'm a dedicated cannibal. Does this throw the theory out of the window?Now, must have another bacon sarnie.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Posted December 18, 2006 Report Share Posted December 18, 2006 I think it's probably true, although obviously being a vegetarian doesn't make you clever by default. All vegetarians have evidentially weighed up the ethical pros and cons of their dietary choice - they've had an internal dialogue and come to some sort of moral decision, which, regardless of the outcome, puts them already ahead of a significant proportion of the British population! Like Samuel L Jackson's character in Pulp Fiction I'm a secret carnivore as "My girlfriends a vegetarian, which pretty much makes me a vegetarian too..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMe Posted December 18, 2006 Report Share Posted December 18, 2006 Have an IQ of 147 (yes, I am a member) & I'm a dedicated cannibal. Does this throw the theory out of the window?Now, must have another bacon sarnie.... What is this meant to prove? If anything I would guess that people who are at the higher end of the IQ scale are slightly more likely to be influenced by the issues that vegetarians consider when deciding what to eat. Would be interesting if MENSA did a veggie/meat eater survey among their members although there would still be the sub issue as to veggies being more or indeed less inclined to respond to "are you a veggie" survey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeMascus Posted December 18, 2006 Report Share Posted December 18, 2006 True Ally, I feel that the BBC has gone and got the cart of wheat before the ox, I would think that people with a higher IQ would be more likely to take moral stands or a harder line on lifechanging decisions, like shaving all your hair off! Surely it's not the time of year for that sort of thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMouth Posted December 18, 2006 Report Share Posted December 18, 2006 Trouble is that anyone who is ever asked to produce any infromation from data always asks their "master" what they want it to show Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marjolein Posted December 18, 2006 Report Share Posted December 18, 2006 To me it seems like vegetarians need to get out more and stop studying and reading books and stuf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeMascus Posted December 18, 2006 Report Share Posted December 18, 2006 To me it seems like vegetarians need to get out more and stop studying and reading books and stuf. I feel shetlands first book burning coming, maybe we could have it at Up-Helly-Aa instead of the Galley! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 Surely it's not the time of year for that sort of thing? Not my finest hour and, yes, the insulating properties of my previous mop are already sorely missed by my frozen napper! Anyway, back to the veggies - is there any truth to the rumour that Quarn is made by "harvesting" the elderly through mandatory euthanasia programmes in certain European countries? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fjool Posted December 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 Quarn is by harvesting the elderly the elderly through mandatory euthenasia in certain European countries? Soylent Green? Mmm... delicious! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Inky Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 Anyway, back to the veggies - is there any truth to the rumour that Quarn is made by "harvesting" the elderly through mandatory euthanasia programmes in certain European countries? Minced wrinkly ? I'd try a slice of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAStewart Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 I don't understand vegaterianism too well. It kind of defys human nature. I'm all for stopping the fur industry and ending cruelty to animals though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fjool Posted December 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 I don't understand vegaterianism too well. It kind of defys human nature.Does it? Surely if humans do it then it is part of human nature? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 I don't understand vegaterianism too well. It kind of defys human nature. I'm all for stopping the fur industry and ending cruelty to animals though. Can't say I believe in it either, although I guess your average veggie might argue that cruelty to animals and eating them are kinda interchangeable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMe Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 Ally wroteCan't say I believe in it either, although I guess your average veggie might argue that cruelty to animals and eating them are kinda interchangeable? For me farming methods are the problem. Not all methods.....Shetland Lamb is fine and most UK beef seems to be produced reasonably humanely. Other end of the spectrum are chickens and turkeys mostly produced in conditions that are cruel. In fact not only do I have objections to the way chickens are raised but I have concerns that the growth promoters used to get a chicken ready for the supermarket in half the time a natural bird would take to grow but I am worried that eating them might not be too good for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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