Sunday, March 1, 2009

Are you as smart as the music you listen to?

Seriously they are, according to a study by this guy named Virgil Griffith, who based his data on SAT scores. Now, as a future educator (Tha Advakit) I don't think that standardized test correctly measure a student's intelligence level, especially in the inner city where resources are at a minimum, but that's just the way society functions nowadays. So again, according to this guy, Lil' Wayne fans are dumb, not saying I agree or disagree (LOL).  So, direct all of your angry and hateful comments (that will appear under this post) to that Virgil guy and not me. *Waits for someone to ignore everything I just said and proceed to diss me regardless* 

According to the Wall Street Journal:

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.

Read the entire article [HERE]. Thoughts? FYI, it was spotted at HHDX.

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