[ExI] sat scores and musical tastes

[Darin Sunley]

The plot may not be... /entirely/ rigorous, seeing as how "Beethoven" and
"Classical" are on opposite ends of the spread. :)

On Sat, Jun 6, 2020 at 3:29 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> > *On Behalf Of *SR Ballard via extropy-chat
> *Subject:* Re: [ExI] sat scores and musical tastes
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> Here it is:
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> https://www.labnol.org/internet/music-taste-linked-to-intelligence/7489/
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> The title of the article claims one’s taste in music can reveal how smart
> or dumb you are, but that isn’t right.  The SAT score can reveal how smart
> or dumb you are, and how smart or dumb you are might reveal (to some
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> The article has it backwards.
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> In any case… it worked.  I looked up my SAT score (OK, well off the right
> side of the scale (sheesh no wonder I was clobbered at the Humility
> Olympics)) and found Sufjan Stevens.  Never heard of him or her, so…
> Google, found him, I like it.
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> Down there on the wrong end is Hip Hop, Lil Wayne (never heard of him)
> Beyonce (isn’t she model or something?) T.I. (never heard of him or her)
> sheesh most of this stuff I never heard of on both ends of the scale.  I
> fear that I am terminally not hip.
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> I see two of my favorites in there, Eagles, Beatles, Johnny Cash, Josh
> Groban.
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> Some of these I really don’t get: Bob Dylan?  Most of the time he wasn’t
> even trying to sing as far as I could tell.  Where is Roy Orbison on this
> chart?  Glenn Campbell?  John Denver?
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> Can anyone suggest a reason why it is that our musical taste seems to be
> somehow determined in our childhood, then doesn’t change much after that
> for most of us?  BillW or anyone, why?
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