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Points: 27 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 09 2005 at 21:32
I enjoyed this one a bit more:

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Points: 28057 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 09 2005 at 21:28
Originally posted by Cygnus X-2 Cygnus X-2 wrote:

Originally posted by stonebeard stonebeard wrote:

anyone have a link where i can find out my IQ????

Why, here's your IQ my good man:

You didn't think I expected a neo-prog related post from the likes of you?  Tsk, Tsk...
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Points: 2546 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 09 2005 at 21:27

Yep I would say that prog music is probably more appreciated by those of an above average IQ

Though looking at some of the postings on this forum, one has to wonder....

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Indirectly.  As music goes, prog isn't exactly the elite in terms of complexity or technique. If prog fans are geniuses, what are jazz and classical fans... super geniuses?  I think that people who are genuinely interested in music as music, and who come from backgrounds that aren't prejudiced against rock music, will probably like at least some prog.  People who have genuine interests in music as such tend to be (in my experience) of greater than average intelligence.

But saying that liking prog means you're smart... I've read enough brain-dead gushing on the internet from Rush and Marillion fanboys to disprove that one many times over.   

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Points: 16451 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 09 2005 at 21:24

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Great two posts, Cyggie and Cobb!

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Try this one
http://www.gep.co.uk/iq/
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Points: 21342 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 09 2005 at 21:19

Originally posted by stonebeard stonebeard wrote:

anyone have a link where i can find out my IQ????

Why, here's your IQ my good man:
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anyone have a link where i can find out my IQ????
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Points: 16451 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 09 2005 at 21:16

^ Good one, Cobb!

But, yes overall, Prog fans do definitely have intelligence, even though we tend not to use it at certain times

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Points: 1149 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 09 2005 at 21:14
No, haven't you been reading some of the posts on this site....
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Points: 623 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 09 2005 at 21:11

Prog music generally is complex, and often consists of longer compositions that require longer attention spans. The lyrics tend to be sophisticated.

Interviews with my favorites musicians, from Tony Banks to Bill Bruford, from Peter Garbiel to Greg Lake and Chris Squire, reveal them to be bright, eloquent people.

Without being embarrassed by about tooting your own horn, do prog fans generally have above-average intelligence? Is prog perhaps modern music for the intelligentsia?

UPDATE/CLARIFICATION REGARDING THIS THREAD:

1) The question posed by this thread: Do today's prog fans often have above-average intelligence? This thread is not about whether people are 'smart' because they listen to prog.

2) This thread is not elitist. This thread does not say prog is 'smarter' than, for example, rap or nu-metal. And it's ok to say you're bright.

3) It's widely understood that IQ tests have their limitations. However, at present, they remain the most widely accepted tool for the unwieldy task of quantifying intelligence.

 



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