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Medical Study: Slim people are smarter than fat people.

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    #32
    Dudess
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    Broads.ie wrote: »
    partyatmygaff wrote: »
    OP, have you been overeating?

    Seriously though, can you name one obese genius? If you can think of one I will send you €70,000 by paypal.
    Eddie Murphy in The Nutty Professor.


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    #33
    galwayrush
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    I know fat people who were once skiny, and vice versa. Did their intelligence level alternate as well?


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    #34
    mconigol
    Registered Users Posts: 1,583 ✭✭✭mconigol


    aaronh007 wrote: »
    ^^^^ Stephen Fry?

    What qualified Stephen Fry as a genius??? :confused:


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    #35
    obliviousgrudge
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    Pavarotti


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    #36
    Ellis Dee
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    I suppose it stands to reason that carrying ten or twenty extra kilos around 24/7 is not the smartest thing to do if you can avoid it. Ergo, smart people generally keep their weight in check, while the dumber ones do not. That, of course, is speaking in averages and does not take account of people who are quite smart, but suffer from metabolic or glandular problems that make it difficult for them to control their weight. Or of dumb ones who are just lucky.:):)


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    #37
    WindSock
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    Didn't think a thread about fatties being stupid would go down well on an internet discussion forum.


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    #38
    seamus
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    I love how the thread title makes one claim, but the article it links to says absolutely nothing like it.

    The article claims that obesity accelerates brain aging and low calorie diets may improve cognitive function. That has nothing to do with intelligence.

    Fat people in "die younger" shocker.


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    #39
    cnocbui
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    Broads.ie wrote: »
    Seriously though, can you name one obese genius? If you can think of one I will send you €70,000 by paypal.

    Peter Ustinov


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    #40
    starbelgrade
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    mconigol wrote: »
    What qualified Stephen Fry as a genius??? :confused:


    I don't get this either. Yes, he's well educated, but the questions and answers he gives on QI are not his own - they come from a large team of researchers, and a lot of the stuff he writes about is simply re-hashed versions of opinions from his favourite authors.

    The only thing genius about Stephen Fry is his ability to make people believe that he is more intelligent than he actually is.


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    #41
    Bluefoam
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    Steve Wozniak... Case closed


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    #42
    --Kaiser--
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    You fail at reading comprehension OP.
    The study claims that caloric restriction increases cognitive function, it says nothing about body fat. I eat like a horse and I'm quite lean. Conversely I know people who are obese that eat relatively little


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    #43
    Broads.ie
    Registered Users Posts: 397 ✭✭Broads.ie


    aaronh007 wrote: »
    ^^^^ Stephen Fry?

    Since when is he obese? I would classify his weight as "grand" for his age.

    --Kaiser-- wrote: »
    You fail at reading comprehension OP.
    The study claims that caloric restriction increases cognitive function, it says nothing about body fat. I eat like a horse and I'm quite lean. Conversely I know people who are obese that eat relatively little

    From the article: "Typically, caloric-restricted mice do not become obese and don't develop diabetes; moreover they show greater cognitive performance and memory, are less aggressive."

    o·bese/ōˈbēs/

    Adjective: Grossly fat or overweight.


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    #44
    WoollyRedHat
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    Peter Jackson, he is a genius donchaknow


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    #45
    cgarrad
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    Obviously they are stupid, why else would they be fat? :rolleyes:

    Being fat has no benefits and loads of well documented negatives.

    Would be interesting to see if the IQ gap between races is also correlated to any variation between average BMI to further corroborate this study.


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    #46
    Norwayviking
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    Corvus Maximus wrote: »
    A military genius?.....Not really, he merely copied German blitzkrieg tactics during the Gulf War. Hence the name - ‘Stormin' Norman’.

    Yes and who was the first to use blietzkrieg tactics??The vikings.
    And Norman Schwarzkopf used a combination of many tactics,not only blietzkrieg,he had also studied Alexander the greats tactics amongst many.;)


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    #47
    starbelgrade
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    Norwayviking wrote: »
    And Norman Schwarzkopf used a combination of many tactics,not only blietzkrieg,

    I thought he was just a hairdresser.


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    #48
    syklops
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    Mousey- wrote: »
    Obviously if somone is thick enough to eat until they are phiysicaly unable to move they are missing somthing up there!
    *taps head*

    Your an idiot.


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    #49
    Norwayviking
    Closed Accounts Posts: 766 ✭✭✭Norwayviking


    starbelgrade wrote: »
    I thought he was just a hairdresser.

    Adolf Hitler was a good painter too


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    #50
    starbelgrade
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    Norwayviking wrote: »
    Adolf Hitler was a good painter too

    You think he'd have had a handyman for that sort of thing.


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    #51
    Handsome Bob
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    It cannot be true, if anything, I've become more of an idiot now than when I was obese. :(


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    #52
    Norwayviking
    Closed Accounts Posts: 766 ✭✭✭Norwayviking


    starbelgrade wrote: »
    You think he'd have had a handyman for that sort of thing.

    He did he had alot of "handymen" later in his carriere:D:D:D:D
    But as most dictators he wouldnt listen to any of his Generals,and it ended up with his downfall;)


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    #53
    Giselle
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    starbelgrade wrote: »
    I thought he was just a hairdresser.

    That was wasted here :)


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    #54
    Dub Ste
    Registered Users Posts: 479 ✭✭Dub Ste


    Listen,I'm a fat lad and just let me tel yoo,i'm not thic or anythink like that,i'm verry gud at typing tho my chubby fingers sumtimes get stuck in the keyb[uiiu[vf[[dsuduhn[uie..

    damn you to hell fat gene....


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    #55
    cnocbui
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    cgarrad wrote: »
    Obviously they are stupid, why else would they be fat? :rolleyes:

    Being fat has no benefits and loads of well documented negatives.

    It has benefits for the elderly. They can live longer.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8483456.stm
    Moderately overweight elderly people may live longer than those of normal weight, an Australian study suggests.
    But being very overweight or being underweight shortened lives.


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    #56
    RichieC
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    I must be the king of brains, so..


    2+2 is................Doh!!!!


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    #57
    Saila
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    Caloric restriction means the animals can only eat up to 70 percent of the food they consume

    *head explodes*


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    #58
    Logical Fallacy
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    Saila wrote: »
    *head explodes*

    lol, agreed.

    I love when people clearly have no ****ing idea as to what they are talking about.


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    #59
    Oranage2
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    Logical Fallacy wrote: »
    lol, agreed.

    I love when people clearly have no ****ing idea as to what they are talking about.

    Fat people?


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    #60
    Son Of A Vidic
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    So if a fat person is less intelligent that a skinny person, would eating a skinny person make the fat person more intelligent?


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    #61
    mconigol
    Registered Users Posts: 1,583 ✭✭✭mconigol


    starbelgrade wrote: »
    I don't get this either. Yes, he's well educated, but the questions and answers he gives on QI are not his own - they come from a large team of researchers, and a lot of the stuff he writes about is simply re-hashed versions of opinions from his favourite authors.

    The only thing genius about Stephen Fry is his ability to make people believe that he is more intelligent than he actually is.

    Exactly, he`s entertaining enough but no genius.

    He speaks with authority which is all it takes really I suppose.


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