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Does Your Taste In Music Reveal How Dumb You Are?

Does Your Taste In Music Reveal How Dumb You Are?

Virgil Griffith is a CalTech student who set out to find the correlation between average SAT/ACT scores and favorite bands, because life is short and we’ve all got to fill our days the best way we know how. Using Facebook, CollegeBoard stats and his own know-how, he put together

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this chart, broadly correlating bands’ fan bases with their intellect. Of course, as he notes on his site, correlation does not equal causation, so the chart might not mean anything at all, but it’s interesting. As you might expect, Beethoven fans are the smartest, followed by Sufjan fans. Meanwhile, Lil Wayne fans are solidly in last place. Among Christian bands, Jars of Clay fans rank smartest and as for last place, well, don’t take it personally, Casting Crowns fans …

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