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Vuk
02-17-2011, 02:50
I thought that the further South (http://finance.yahoo.com/college-education/article/112110/us-biggest-brain-magnets) you went, the dumber people were supposed to get? Guess that isn't quite true, huh?
Gregoshi
02-17-2011, 02:56
Nature abhors a vacuum, so the smart people naturally gravitate to the South to fill the vacuum. :laugh4:
Vuk
02-17-2011, 02:59
Nature abhors a vacuum, so the smart people naturally gravitate to the South to fill the vacuum. :laugh4:

lol, if that were the truth, then I supposed a new vacuum must have been created in New York, Mass, and Cali. :P

EDIT: How could I forget Ill?! Them FIBs be good fer nuttin but fish'n out are lakes!
Louis VI the Fat
02-17-2011, 03:49
Vuk, can you do me a quick favour, and briefly in your own words repeat what exactly it is that the Forbes article has measured?



In the meantime, these two statistics. I'm not suggesting anything. Just throwing two random lists at y'all. :book:



McDaniel's Estimated Average IQ Score by State

1. MASSACHUSETTS........................................104.3
2. NEW HAMPSHIRE..........................................104.2
3. NORTH DAKOTA............................................103.8
4. VERMONT....................................................103.8
5. MINNESOTA.................................................103.7
6. MONTANA....................................................103.4
7. MAINE.........................................................103.4
8. IOWA..........................................................103.2
9. CONNECTICUT...............................................103.1
http://www.top50states.com/average-iq-score.html



According to the U.S. Census Bureau (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Census_Bureau) of 2000, 5.3% of Americans are of French and/or French Canadian ancestry. French Americans made up close to, or more than, 10% of the population of:

New Hampshire (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Hampshire) 25.2%
Vermont (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermont) 23.3%
Maine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine) 22.8%
Rhode Island (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhode_Island) 17.2%
Louisiana (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana) 16.2%
Massachusetts (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts) 12.9%
Connecticut (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut) 9.9%
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_American
Megas Methuselah
02-17-2011, 04:39
In the meantime, these two statistics. I'm not suggesting anything. Just throwing two random lists at y'all. :book:



McDaniel's Estimated Average IQ Score by State

1. MASSACHUSETTS........................................104.3
2. NEW HAMPSHIRE..........................................104.2
3. NORTH DAKOTA............................................103.8
4. VERMONT....................................................103.8
5. MINNESOTA.................................................103.7
6. MONTANA....................................................103.4
7. MAINE.........................................................103.4
8. IOWA..........................................................103.2
9. CONNECTICUT...............................................103.1
http://www.top50states.com/average-iq-score.html



According to the U.S. Census Bureau (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Census_Bureau) of 2000, 5.3% of Americans are of French and/or French Canadian ancestry. French Americans made up close to, or more than, 10% of the population of:

New Hampshire (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Hampshire) 25.2%
Vermont (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermont) 23.3%
Maine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine) 22.8%
Rhode Island (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhode_Island) 17.2%
Louisiana (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana) 16.2%
Massachusetts (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts) 12.9%
Connecticut (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut) 9.9%
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_American



The only reason North Dakota is on that list is because of the indians. For real.

Live forever.
CountArach
02-17-2011, 05:27
It is measuring gain Vuk, not actual enrollments or intelligence. If state X had lower enrollments to begin with, then the gain is obviously much easier to increase as a percentage. It doesn't change the fact that the most presitigous Colleges are outside the South. I'm not suggesting that those in the South are stupid, just that the average in the North-West and West tends towards greater educational achievements.
drone
02-17-2011, 05:28
I thought that the further South (http://finance.yahoo.com/college-education/article/112110/us-biggest-brain-magnets) you went, the dumber people were supposed to get? Guess that isn't quite true, huh?
We aren't dumb in the South, we just can't keep the stupid ones off the TV.
Husar
02-17-2011, 06:27
I'm sure the Australians appreciate that you think higher of them now.
Gregoshi
02-17-2011, 06:57
We aren't dumb in the South, we just can't keep the stupid ones off the TV.
I blame the UFOs for that. :alien:
Riedquat
02-17-2011, 18:49
I'm sure the Australians appreciate that you think higher of them now.

I dont care about Australians.... I'm at 34ยบ south... :help:
Strike For The South
02-19-2011, 10:01
One only needs to look from about 1876-1976 to see why Southerners are probably the most backwards people in the devolped world

A quasi fedual system in the most devolped country in the world