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Here's an interesting article posted reported by Popular Mechanics in their April issue (2001.)

Drinkers Do better on IQ Tests
....Men and women who define themselves as being "moderate" alcohol drinkers scored an average of 3.3 and 2.2 points (respectively) higher than teetotalers on an IQ test....

As if that wasn't enough, 2 weeks ago, 680 News reported that a study performed on people born in the 1930s shows that people with higher IQ averages tend to live longer.

So, you put one and one together. Drinking raises IQ; high IQ lives longer. Need I say more??

I think they do live longer because they tend to do less stupid things. Take me for example. When I was about 4-5, I picked up a pair of scissors and stuck the tip in an electrical wall socket. It created a huge spark that actually blackened the tip of the scissors (the end bit was broken off too), and it left the wall socket smolder for a good 15 seconds. Now you tell me, would a smart person do that? Of course not. They know better to stick metal objects into wall sockets. Of course, my age may have been a factor, but smart kids don't look for ways to die. I just wanted to see what would happen. Smart I ain't. Curiosity kills the cat, afterall.

....If drinking raises IQ, I shoulda been a mathematician by now. Instead, I can only add my paycheck together, and trust me, it need only fingers and toe. Not even plural. *sigh*
posted by losir at 3:55 AM