天才的十大怪異表現特徵(上)

Short of mastering chess in five moves or teaching yourself fifteen languages before turning seventeen, there are a number of ways for the "average" person to exhibit signs of excellence in the brains department. Those with the highest IQs can often be found engaging in what would be considered anything but intellectual pursuits. Chances are. you may know a bona fide genius or even be one yourself.

有很多種方法可以讓"普通人"表露出其實際上擁有與衆不同的大腦。這些具有高智商的人，經常被發現從事一些智力追求之外的平淡無奇之事。沒準，你能發現身邊某些隱形天才，或者你也是天才之一。

inity And Masturbation

10.處女和手淫

It plays into the common conception of the more academically inclined among us that smarter people tend to spend less intimate time with other people. The reasons, however, may be more complicated than the simple explanations (no one wants to cuddle a nerd) we're used to. Recent studies of students and graduates of top universities, including MIT, indicate that the number of sexual partners per student was significantly lower than the average-intelligence control group. The rate of virginity amongst graduates was also noticeably high at about 45 percent.

大量的學術研究表明，聰明人與智力平平之輩相比，花在親密上的時間相對較少。箇中緣由，當然不像我們過去所說的"沒人願意去摟抱一個愚蠢的傻瓜"那麼簡單。最近針對一些頂尖學府（包括麻省理工學院）大學生和研究生的一項研究表明，高智商者每個人的平均性伴侶數量明顯低於作爲對照組的普通學生。高智商處女的比率也是十分顯著地高達45%。

There's a number of theories to explain this phenomenon, but it comes down to a few key factors. First, the hormone testosterone, which is responsible for masculine features in males, works in contradiction to the chemicals that influence intelligence. Testosterone has even been shown to inhibit intelligence—big shock, right? The second factor is that intelligent people are more acutely aware of risk. Sex in the modern age is inherently dangerous, and the more astute mind may easily perceive this as an unnecessary risk, especially when self-pleasure or abstinence present virtually no danger at all. Third, focused individuals who spend time on their education tend to be more reclusive, viewing social gatherings as less important than other things. This limits the amount of exposure to the opposite sex and therefore decreases the opportunities to result of all this anti-copulation? Sources in the UK are reporting that LoveHoney, a sex toy retailer, has uncovered an unusually large amount of money being spent on products for personal pleasure from universities in the area. Oxford and Cambridge take the top spots, spending more than double the amount of Manchester and Lancaster.

有很多理論可以解釋這個現象，但是歸結起來，有這麼幾個關鍵因素。首先，決定男性重要特徵的荷爾蒙睾丸激素，其工作機制與影響人類智力的化學元素相沖撞。荷爾蒙已經被證明會妨礙智力的發展——是不是很震驚？第二個因素是，聰明人對危險的意識更爲尖銳。現如今的性愛有着本質的危險，這些聰明人很容易感知到這些非必要的冒險，尤其在自慰或者節慾毫無危險可言的情況下，更是如此。第三，那些能專注於自身修養的人，往往習慣深居簡出，在他們看來，社交活動的重要性還不如其他事情。這就限制了他們接觸異性的機會，因而也就減少了做愛的機率。這些反交配的結果就是——一則來源於英國一名爲"蜜愛"的情趣用品零售商的消息揭露，在學校周邊，一筆巨大的錢被花在購買情趣用品上。牛津和劍橋兩座學府高居榜首，花費的錢幾乎是曼切斯特和蘭卡斯特大學的兩倍之多。

Use

9.藥物濫用

Researchers received quite a shock when they interviewed nearly 8,000 people and found that those with higher IQs were more likely to experiment with illegal drugs. Conventional wisdom would dictate that smarter people would be aware of the inherent dangers involved with drug use and the potential life altering effects. What they discovered, however, was that higher-IQ subjects were significantly more open to new experiences, such as illicit drug use.

研究人員在採訪了近8000人之後發現了一個相當震撼的事實，高智商人羣更偏愛嘗試非法藥物。傳統的看法以爲高智商者會對藥物的危險和它們對人體潛在的影響有更爲清晰的意識；然而，研究發現，事實並不如此，高智商者對新體驗更爲開放，非法藥物的使用就是一例。

How much more open? Men were 50 percent more likely to take amphetamines and 65 percent more likely to experiment with ecstasy. This was even after having taken socioeconomic status into account. Interestingly enough, these subjects are also generally more likely to not smoke, eat healthier diets, and enjoy higher social and economic standing in their communities. So, why the drugs? As with alcohol, the researchers say smarter people are more likely to seek out experimental and novel experiences.

那麼到底有多開放呢？數據顯示，高達50%的人喜歡嘗試苯丙胺，而嘗試搖頭丸的更是高達65%。這還是把社會經濟地位考慮進去之後的結果。更有趣的是，這些對象一般都不抽菸，飲食健康，在他們的社區享有較高的社會和經濟地位。那麼，爲什麼是藥物呢？和酒精一樣，研究者說聰明人更喜歡尋求新奇體驗。

g A Night Owl

8.都是些夜貓子

One of the hallmarks for intelligent people is an obvious tendency to ignore the "accepted" behavior of the general public. Smart people seem to have their own agendas and their own schedules. A recent study by the London School of Economics indicates that insomnia is a natural tendency of the intellectually elite amongst us. It doesn't appear to a be a fluke, either. The rates of sleep achieved in hours per night declines as the average IQ level raises. Speculation may lead us to believe it is an overactive mind that finds rest less easy to achieve, or that perhaps the late night hours are a quieter environment for personal pursuits.

聰明人的一大標誌就是會明顯地傾向於忽視被大衆所認同的行爲準則。他們似乎自有一套準則和安排。倫敦經濟學院的一項最新研究表明，睡眠缺少是智力精英們的一個自然趨勢。這並不是什麼特例。他們每晚睡覺的時間比普通人要少得多。據推測，這可能是他們過度活躍的大腦發現少量的睡眠更容易獲得成功，或者也可能是深夜的安靜環境更適合他們實現自我的追求。

holism

7.酗酒

The great literary minds of the 20th century would no doubt raise a toast to this curious indicator of heightened intelligence. A study by Satoshi Kanazawa indicates that it may be likely alcoholism is the sign of a genius at work. The reasoning is slightly unexpected. Unlike the sexual tension issue highlighted above, it appears that alcohol consumption has very little to do with releasing stress as much as it does the experience of drinking the alcohol itself.

酗酒可以提高智商這一表徵無疑會獲得20世紀偉大的文學家們的舉杯相贊。金澤博士的一項研究表明，酗酒很有可能是天才在工作的一個標誌。這一推理令人稍感意外。這不像上面提到的兩性關係，因爲飲酒並不能緩解多少壓力，不過是增加了一些酒量罷了。

The report—which revealed that "very bright" students in the UK were significantly more likely to develop alcoholic tendencies than their "dull" classmates—describes drinking as an evolutionary novel activity. The very act of drinking is considered a luxury, an activity that can be classified as a leisure pursuit more than a hobby or skill. According to the study, since the novelty of drinking remains ingrained in social behavior, individuals of higher intellect are drawn to it as a pastime.

報道顯示，英國的聰明學生們比那些蠢蛋同學更有酗酒的發展趨勢——飲酒被描述爲進化的新穎活動。飲酒的非常行爲，被視爲是一種奢華，一項可以被歸爲空閒追求而非業餘愛好或某一技能的活動。根據這項研究，自從飲酒被認作是一項根深蒂固的社會行爲之後，高智商者便將其當成了一項消遣。

e Breasts

6.大胸

It appears there is a strong correlation between women with big breasts and higher IQs. A well-reported study claims that a comparison of 1,200 women with varying sizes of breasts showed that larger-breasted women tended towards having, on average, a 10-point IQ advantage to their smaller-breasted counterparts. Here's the bad news—there is absolutely no evidence that this study ever took place, and the scientist involved, Yvonne Rossdale, appears to be entirely fictional. The good news? There is actually a scientific precedence for this conclusion, even if this particular case was pure fiction.

女人的乳房大小和智商高低之間有着很強的關聯性。一項廣爲流傳的研究報告聲稱，在比對了1200名不同罩杯的女性之後發現，乳房高聳巨大的女性比那些平胸之輩在智商上平均高出10個百分點。壞消息是沒有任何證據表明這項研究確實發生過，與之相關的科研專家——Yvonne Rossdale——似乎是子虛烏有之事；好消息是，即使這項研究純屬虛構，但在科學上確實偏向於這個結論。

What actual studies in human evolution and sexual selection indicate is the likelihood for larger breasts to reproduce, combined with other factors that would produce an ideal mate, intelligence included. Larger breasts are likely perceived by the instinctual mind as more capable for nourishing a growing brain, evidenced by the fact that lesser-evolved species of mammals seem to pay this feature no mind whatsoever. The second potential factor is that the hormones that control breast size and firmness would be more abundant in a well-formed and better-functioning what happens is a male chooses the partner most likely to produce the most intelligent and healthy offspring. Those children inherit the traits of their parents (large breasts included) and continue to mate with equally well-developed partners. Through this process, the most intelligent minds will also possess the best genes in other categories as well. There will be exceptions, of course, and genetics is a complicated science.

在人類進化和兩性選擇上真實存在的研究表明，乳房豐滿更有利於繁殖。聯想到其他包括智力在內的創造理想配偶的因素，豐滿的乳房更容易被大腦的本能想法所感知，即它們更容易哺乳一個成長中的大腦。這一事實證明，進化較小的哺乳動物種類都沒怎麼重視這一點。第二個潛在因素是，控制乳房尺寸和堅挺程度的荷爾蒙在功能良好、運作完善的大腦中會分泌得更充分。因此，男性選擇大胸伴侶後更容易創造聰明健康的後代。這些孩子繼承了父母的特點（當然包括豐滿的乳房），長大以後繼續尋找與之相等的伴侶。經過這麼一個過程，具有最聰明頭腦的人便會擁有最完美的基因。當然，也有例外存在，畢竟，遺傳學是一門複雜的學科。

翻譯：煙囪 來源：前十網