A particularly snarky blog entry* on the correlation between intercourse and intelligence hypothesizes that the "fact" that higher-IQ types have fewer partners earlier in life than their more "average" peers has absolutely nothing to do with the presence of pen protectors or the absence of social skills. Instead, the author posits that "sexual behavior (or at least the investment needed to procure a partner or sustain one) may compete with time/resources required for other goals, and intelligent people may have more demanding goals."
I'd argue that talented people have equally demanding goals, and another recent survey suggests that creative types (artists, inventors, etc.) have ***more*** partners than their uninspired peers. How to explain the seemingly incongruous results?
Does this mean that intelligence and creativity are unrelated? Perish the thought!
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*At the end of the entry, the 98-pound weakling kicks sand in the face of the Charles Atlas type, then run away by suggesting that testosterone may depress IQ. (Wonder what singer/actor/poet/film critic/testosterone-fueled modern Renaissance man Henry Rollins would think about that one?)
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