Smart Kids Listen To Metal

[brandondrury]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/connected...1/nmetal21.xml

Here's an interesting study.

Brandon

[Smidgelton]

I don't really know what this study is trying to accomplish. Is it trying to disprove a stereotype? It doesn't hold much weight. It doesn't really prove that kids who like metal are really gifted. I see a lot more evidence pointing towards kids with poor self-esteem. It says so in the article.

[brandondrury]

I don't think the study is trying to "prove" anything. That's not really what studies do. If they were trying to prove something, then they would be biased and therefore have a greater chance of being flawed.

I think the study is suggesting that there are actually some smart kids who listen to metal and those smart kids tend to have low self esteem. I guess it is trying to break the stigma of the Skid Row "18 and a Life" video.

Asked for their favourite type of music, 39 per cent said rock, 18 per cent R&B and 14 per cent pop. Six per cent said heavy metal and a third rated it in their top five genres.

This is the real point to the test....

Smart people don't listen to rap music.

To quote Ron Burgundy..."It's Science!"

Brandon


Brandon

[allflowerz]

wow that is pretty interesting!!

[studiodekadent]

The survey result is unsurprising. Although the idea that "metal is linked with delinquency" has not been disproved. "Delinquency" (a long term for 'thinking for oneself, rebelling against authority and being mentally independent') is almost inseperable from true intellect. As Ayn Rand said, "a thinking child cannot conform; thought does not bow to authority."

[brandondrury]

As Ayn Rand said, "a thinking child cannot conform; thought does not bow to authority."

Awesome quote, dude. I guess I'm going have to quit working so much and start reading again. I need to go through an Ayn Rand phase.

Brandon

[studiodekadent]

Brandon,

Im an Objectivist myself (Ayn Randian) so I wish you the best on going through that Ayn Rand phase. Its a wonderful experience, believe me.

[lumpy]

Ayn Rand was a good fiction author, if a bit long winded. A lot of what she warned about in Atlas Shrugged has come to pass unfortunately. I find her philosophy writings to be kinda ho-hum. But that's what I get for reading philosophy. She called out the Civil Rights Act of 1964, that's for sure.

For all the godlessness that objectivism preaches, I find it ironic that Rand has been elevated to god status among the practitioners of the objectivist religion.

I prefer a quiet dinner followed by sober converstion with objectivists, and then getting drunk and stoned with the Friedrich Nietzsche freaks; they are simply more fun to be around.

Lump

[studiodekadent]

Originally Posted by lumpy

For all the godlessness that objectivism preaches, I find it ironic that Rand has been elevated to god status among the practitioners of the objectivist religion.

Objectivism is not a religion. Yes, some alleged "Objectivists" are Randroid cultists and rationalists rather than actual Objectivists, but dont hold their behavior against the real Objectivists. (For the record, the so-called Ayn Rand Institute is a rationalist cult, although some of their scholars produce good work from time to time. The real inheritors of the Objectivist legacy are The Objectivist Center and the "Open System" Objectivist scholars (those that take Ayn Rand's work as a starting point rather than inarguable scripture)).

I prefer a quiet dinner followed by sober converstion with objectivists, and then getting drunk and stoned with the Friedrich Nietzsche freaks; they are simply more fun to be around.

Why not try getting drunk with the open system Objectivists? Now they are fun. Although I dont touch marijuana, I am happy to use amphetamines however.

[brandondrury]

the proper moral purpose of one's life is the pursuit of one's own happiness or "rational self-interest;"

I want to know a person who DOESN'T live this way!!

I stole this from Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objectivism_(Ayn_Rand)

I know not everyone thinks this way, but I don't know of anyone who does things for no reason and absolutely no benefit to themselves. So, I don't think this whole "objectivist" title is really all that unique. The Niche people (I forget how to spell his name) who scream "GOD IS DEAD!". That just hits you upside the head with a lot bigger stick than "we all do what we want".

Don't get me wrong. This objectivism thing sounds fun, but you are less likely to get stoned (in the Biblical sense).

Brandon