Brilliance & Booze
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The Friday File: After controlling for numerous social-economic variables, studies in the US, UK and Denmark find that IQ at 16 is positively correlated with how much and how often you’ll drink alcohol throughout your life. While academics offer no sensible explanation for this, the more I drink I think it’s because smart kids studied too much in school and try to compensate for it the rest of their lives.