Music that makes you dumb

**Red_Lizard2** · 03-04-09, 05:03 PM

i heard this on the radio this morning (44oz of energy drink and mountain dew mix isn't great for getting to bed at a decent hour), about a Cal-tech student who came out with a report on what musicians music makes your dumber.
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/02/...make-you-dumb/

Originally Posted by WSJ Blog

With his two Web sites (which have crashed from too much traffic), Booksthatmakeyoudumb.virgil.gr and Musicthatmakesyoudumb.virgil.gr, Griffith used aggregated Facebook data about the favorite bands and books among students of various colleges and plotted them against the average SAT scores at those schools, creating a tongue-in-cheek statistical look at taste and intelligence.

For example, the favorite musician of the smartest students was Beethoven, with an average SAT score of 1371. Also on the “smart” end of the scale were Sufjan Stevens (1260), Counting Crows (1247), and Radiohead (1220). And sadly for Lil Wayne, enjoying his music was associated with being the dumbest, with an average SAT score of 889.

if you read the whole article you'll see its not scientific, just a little fun thing. No way using the methods he did you could prove that it is true but still cool none the less.

**JudgeMoDollas** · 03-04-09, 05:39 PM

I thought you were suggesting new music to entertain me...I was very wrong...

**MotoZ** · 03-04-09, 05:42 PM

That's a great study.

For the record I consider Counting Crows' "August and Everything After" album to be among the best ever recorded. I also LOVE country. My SAT score fell between those two.

DJ White, aka Tiger, probably has Counting Crows tattooed on his forehead. Smart fucker.

When you get older there are two things that piss you off, youth and talent. DJ has both. :P

**JudgeMoDollas** · 03-04-09, 05:43 PM

Who knew it made you dumber. I listen to music when I do homework and major papers. I get better grades? :9

**Red_Lizard2** · 03-04-09, 06:58 PM

the ones i found odd is people who like the grateful dead fall around 1100-1200 and those who like Bob Marley around 1200-1260 or so. Hendrix was around 1100s, Phish was in the 1100 as well.

And i thought your supposed to lose your memory....