Posted on 08/25/2006 4:30:35 PM PDT by presidio9
THANK YOU for the pic and the ping!
Brilliant comment. I'll bet you're tall.
Bah, I'm an inch shorter than you, bannie, and I'm not worried :)
Good things come in small packages, you know ;-)
Found an interesting article on tall people and power. I can't think of any reason why a taller person would be smarter than another though.
Workplace rewards tall people with money, respect, UF study shows
The average height of Americans today is 69.1 inches – about 5 feet 9 inches – for men and 63.7 inches – nearly 5 feet 4 inches – for women.
It has been more than 100 years since U.S. voters chose a president who was shorter than the average man, Judge said. Elected in 1896, President William McKinley, at 5 feet 7 inches, was ridiculed in the press as a "little boy," he said.
Don't think this has anything to do with being taller equaling more intelligence, but rather that a taller person may have more self-confidence and more leadership ability.
OTOH, some tall people are so self-conscious that they keep themselves at the bottom of the success ladder.
Thanks for that. I have an inch and a half on him.
UMMM>..
malnutrition causes growth lag. and malnutrition causes brain growth lag.
Ergo, good nutrition increases both height and IQ
When we were in Africa, the schools supplemented free lunches to kids. So the kids who went to school were not only taller but smarter.
I thought so. And I shall print this out so I can frequently remind Mr. Fairview, who is a few inches shorter than I am. (heh heh heh, rubbing hands together in gleeful anticipation)
Dubya is 5' 11-3/4" -- not as tall as F'ing at 6'4" but not short by any definition.
Us short people's revenge ;)
A short height is easier on your heart than tall.
Short people are more energy-efficient!
It takes less natural resources to sustain us, to clothe us, to house us...and we maintain souls as large as those in the more fuel-consuming models.
;-)
Harry Nilsson had a song about that very subject, "J**** C***** you're tall, I bet nobody wanted to dance with you at all..." actually a humorous song like Randy Newman's "Short People".
5' 11 and 3/4"s? You mean I actually have something in common with the president besides dashing good looks?
That 1/4" makes a big difference I s'pose ;)
Actually, just about anything sized to fit the masses is a little inconvenient for someone over 6". (I'm 6'2")
Anything from cars & trucks, seat on planes, trains & automobiles, some chairs, mattresses smaller than queen size, some ATM displays, fuel island gas card readers; the height of sinks, countertops, drinking fountains, doorknobs, stair risers, and the list goes on.
I work with a guy, and have had friends who are, in the 6'6" to 6'9" range, and overhead obstacles become a problem for them that those of us under 6'5" don't even notice. I feel sorry for them when they smack their foreheads into things. That, and dealing with the long-term negative health effects of the thinner air at that altitude. :-)
Combined.
Yeah, but I bet he was still smarter than you.
I'd love to see how this so-called "study" was conducted. Most studies are a piece of crap. I recently read one which purported to show that cats can't taste sweet. Turns out that this "study" was conducted on a grand total of 19 cats, all located in Australia. (The Australian cat population is already known to be different from the felis domesticus population at large, since it is descended from a very small original pool of cats. Most Australian cats don't get high from catnip, lacking the gene that allows about 85% of the rest of the world's cat population to do so.)
I think it's fair to say that good nutrition early on maximizes any young human's innate abilities. But to make a blanket statement that taller people are smarter is pretty silly. My husband (at 5'9") and I (at 5'4") are right at the national average, and we're both members of Mensa -- which puts us in the top two percent of the population, in terms of measurable I.Q.
Sounds to me like these two tall gals had an axe to grind. Shorter people are cuter. Everyone knows that. :)
Junk science - and utter bunk.
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