Why Intelligent People Use More Drugs

All this shows is a correlation between IQ score and drug use. There's not even an attempt to explain why more intelligent people would use drugs more often. I'm not terribly surprised THAT more intelligent people use drugs more often, but it would have been really cool to see some data points or a survey trying to explore the reasons behind that fact. I suppose, though, that would be too much to ask from an article entitled "Why Intelligent People Use More Drugs."

This article shows me that the "societal standards" of what "bright" and "very bright" individuals are, have fallen. I refuse to believe that "bright" and "very bright" individuals are in the range mentioned in the article. Maybe the "dumbing down" of society has been instituted through the mindless activities that humanity participates in like watching t.v. or movies.

As social networks have taken over the internet, live social interaction has diminished as well. Humans need live social interaction for personal development, they don't need to see/view social interaction on t.v., in a movie, or online. There is neurological reaction that occurs when you meet someone for the first time. This can not be duplicated through viewing/obtaining the action from the outside. There is an electrical transference the occurs when shaking someone's hand, or giving them a hug that cannot be obtained through "poking" someone online.

I agree with the article that drug use by more intellectual people would be higher in the fact that there is no escaping the mind. The mind needs a break periodically, and rest for the mind comes in more ways than just sleep. Even while sleeping intellectual people are still calculating and/or working on projects.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2364758 A poll to see what drugs "intelligent" people like.

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