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Originally Posted by Pedestrian
Musicthatmakesyoudumb
Of course, we have to keep in mind viewing this study that correlation is NOT causation, so view with a grain of salt.
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Wouldn't that be rather painful on the eyes?
Seriously though, no: you can't equate someone's IQ with how well-versed/knowledgeable they are with music. It could be just ignorance (if introduced to a genre/subgenre someone who had scoffed at it before may get into it), laziness, lack of interest or time, or a whole lot of reasons why someone might not be into a particular style, or just into one. That of course may change over time, and though you can say, as was mentioned, that age can be a factor in appreciating music, it can also go the other way: some people of a certain age will consider "all today's music is just noise" and refuse to listen to it. How is that any less close-minded than someone saying "Nicky Minaj is da bomb" or whatever, and sticking with that style? And we could be talking about professors, lawyers, doctors here (for the former example, obviously, not the latter!)
And yet, if someone listens to Britney or One Direction or Westlife of Lil this that or the other, does that make them any less intelligent than someone who listens to Mozart, Flaming Lips, Sun O))) or Sigur Ros, or even someone who is heavily into In Flames or Slipknot? Hardly.
You don't have to be intelligent to be into music, but you need to be open-minded and willing to listen to other views in order to be able to enjoy music as a whole. If you want to; some people are happy with their rock and/or roll, or their pop or their classical, and that's fine too, if that's what they want. None of these things impinge on or define a person's IQ in my opinion.