CalTech grad student named Virgil Griffith has conducted an interesting (albeit somewhat unscientific) study relating music preferences with SAT scores. While SAT scores are criticized for not accurately determining intelligence, the results show that the “smartest” students’ favorite musician is Beethoven, with an average SAT score of 1371, and at the other end of the spectrum is Lil’ Wayne, with an average score of 889.
Other bands at the top of the scale are Counting Crows, Radiohead, and Sufjan Stevens. Check out the full image of the results after the jump:
Surprisingly, no style of music stands out above the rest, but rather most bands fit within the 1000 to 1150 score range. Another question is whether music can be legitimately associated with smarts.
Does intelligence choose the band? Or does music define how smart we become? Where do your favorite bands appear? Do you think that music can make you dumb?
I think this is total bullshit. All sorts of different genres are all over the place. I know some total dumbasses who like classical music, and borderline geniuses that listen to Lil Wayne (even tho he sucks). I hate generalizations like this.
it doesn't show that listening to that type of music makes you dumb. it's more of a class thing it seems. like if you're rich, i'm betting my money you are more likely to listen to indie rock/anti-establishment rock and/or classical so you look more unique or smarter than your peers.
anyways, listening to behtoven or however you spell his name, won't make me learn how to spell his name correctly.
Last edited by -FSP- on Mar-05-2009 at 16:48
Mar-05-2009 16:42
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Axwell, Ingrosso, Angello & Laidback Luke - Get Dumb (Mark Knight Remix)
Mar-05-2009 16:51
Meat187
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quote:
Originally posted by -FSP-
behtoven or however you spell his name
Originally posted by -FSP-
it doesn't show that listening to that type of music makes you dumb. it's more of a class thing it seems. like if you're rich, i'm betting my money you are more likely to listen to indie rock/anti-establishment rock and/or classical so you look more unique or smarter than your peers.
anyways, listening to behtoven or however you spell his name, won't make me learn how to spell his name correctly.
those are just average upper middle class/rich people. I'm willing to bet filthy rich teenagers/people who are in their 20s, a lot of them listen to EDM whether it be hip hop or house because they are the ones who have the money to go to clubs every weekend and don't care about their education and just want to party all the time.
Mar-05-2009 17:09
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I love how techno is marginalised to one tiny blob. Scientific!
which pink floyd? post syd barrett or syd's floyd?
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The scientist cannot capture the whole cosmos in thought. In his mind he makes a kind of microcosm, which we see as an analogue of the cosmos. In this way we try to get a feeling for the whole. The artist, I suppose, gets a feeling for the whole some other way.”
David Bohm in “Art, Dialogue and the Implicate Order”, published in On Creativity RC (Routledge Classics)
Mar-05-2009 18:15
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mostly mainstream artists...durrrr.
how the fuck is classical at the lower end while beethoven is at the top when beethoven is classical?
