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Old 11-04-2012, 02:34 PM   #21 (permalink)
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I would like to think that the avrage IQ of people who listen to Jazz/Classical music is higher than the avrage IQ of Justin Beiber/One Direction fans.
With that said, Its still just an assumption. I have no proof for that
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Old 11-04-2012, 02:54 PM   #22 (permalink)
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I would like to think that the avrage IQ of people who listen to Jazz/Classical music is higher than the avrage IQ of Justin Beiber/One Direction fans.
With that said, Its still just an assumption. I have no proof for that
No I agree with you too.
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Old 11-04-2012, 03:12 PM   #23 (permalink)
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I dunno... I've known people at near genius levels of intelligence that had absolutely no sense of taste in regard to clothes, art, design, or anything creative or aesthetically based.

As a general observation, I'd say that the kind of intelligence we're talking about is something separate from creative or aesthetic intelligence. It has been well agreed upon that there isn't one simple "IQ" that can be statically derived. Different people excel at different things, and our brains develop in such a way that we can be music virtuosos, or mathematical geniuses exclusively, but without any sort of ranking for one above the other. It's just a matter of what we happen to be good at, which betrays a higher quotient for that specific skill, and not some arbitrary ranking of general intelligence.

With that said, I think one's taste in music simply reflects their taste. I think it's more important to assume that such a thing is a reflection of their character and environment, rather than their brain's processing power. I wouldn't discount intelligence at least playing some role, but I would absolutely not use music taste as a gauge of intelligence.

I don't think that would be very intelligent...
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Old 11-04-2012, 03:26 PM   #24 (permalink)
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However, someone who is into prog might like Coldplay, and according to Pedestrian's graph Coldplay fans can also be dumb.
Now, why would you specifically bring up Coldplay and only Coldplay, and say that their fans are stupid. I'm a DIEHARD fan, and I am definetly not stupid at all, along with many other fans that I know. So, if you are going to do an example, show results from multiple artists, and not just one.
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Now, why would you specifically bring up Coldplay and only Coldplay, and say that their fans are stupid. I'm a DIEHARD fan, and I am definetly not stupid at all, along with many other fans that I know. So, if you are going to do an example, show results from multiple artists, and not just one.
...I think he was just using that as an example. I don't think he was using Coldplay specifically to piss you off...
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Old 11-04-2012, 03:32 PM   #26 (permalink)
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Now, why would you specifically bring up Coldplay and only Coldplay, and say that their fans are stupid. I'm a DIEHARD fan, and I am definetly not stupid at all, along with many other fans that I know. So, if you are going to do an example, show results from multiple artists, and not just one.
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Old 11-05-2012, 10:03 AM   #28 (permalink)
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What did you expect Chris Martin to just let that comment go. Chris tell Gwyneth I said whats up.
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Old 11-05-2012, 10:08 AM   #29 (permalink)
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I'm just gonna go on the record and say I like some Coldplay songs. And i'm a total idiot, so there is some correlation.
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Old 11-05-2012, 10:33 AM   #30 (permalink)
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I feel like music has a lot to deal with society, environment, and ethnic group not so much IQ. Once a person gets out of their bubble they can explore other aspects of what makes a great song.
I bet you can find at least one Opera song a metal head likes or one hip hop song a opera person likes.

Music doesn't have a science when it comes to the listener. Just like how beauty is interrupted in many ways so is music.
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