Submitted 5 days ago by TrojanRoomCoffeePot@lemmy.world to science_memes@mander.xyz
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/a0db4c5a-62e5-42eb-bfc2-f10d5bdc97ae.png
Pictured: Outlier (155 IQ, 1650 testosterone ng/dl) carries control (110 IQ, 800 testosterone ng/dl).
Submitted as comment to “What must his life be like?” in Funny@sh.itjust.works, and felt that it justified a whole meme to tie it together.
I can’t find a study that produced that result. Also a reverse image search only finds hits on meme sites and social media. Pressing X für doubt.
My bet is that it’s paywalled like a lot of academic studies. It’s likely out there, but best of luck to you nailing it down, I’ve been having a Hell of a time turning up worthwhile results with search engines for quite a while.
Isn’t the title of the study on the graph?
A subset of the data seems to be readily available, if someone (with high or low T?) wants to swoop in and make us all a bit wiser:
It may be a figure that someone produced independently from the publicly available data sets: addhealth.cpc.unc.edu/data/#public-use
THAT’S STYROPYRO!!!
All hail Styropyro
TIL there’s a negative correlation
In a single group of US school children from 1994
Group makes it seem like less than it actually is, but still fair.
Either my testosterone is high or low but doesn’t the chart above say it covers 16k men and is from 2018?
He has a master’s degree in chemical engineering and was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to MIT, where he dropped out to act.
Not just an action movie star, he’s a smart cookie.
Certified gigachad
I see. That’s why my brain’s so big.
Interesting data. I wonder what IQ test they used and mechanistically how testosterone would affect that (assuming that’s a causal relationship in that direction)?
Maybe the lower IQ students were more likely to go into physical labour jobs that boosted testosterone
high iq is correlated with autism, autism is correlated with being trans, QED
i’m only like 89% joking
My friend group confirms this
I assume higher testosterone level means you have less patience for bullshit quiz questions that probably have little to do with assessing intelligence.
The metaphor, as described in the caption, eludes me completely. Is it some sort of pun with the “carrying”? Why is the outlier carrying the control, and who benefits from it, how? Insider joke with just 1 insider?
No, not quite. No one benefits, and it’s not an inside joke. The analogy is that the gigantic bodybuilding nerd from Clockwork Orange is the outlier, and that the control is Alex. That’s it.
When I saw the original graph, I tried to think of any examples of mega-guidos that were also geniuses and remembered the scene from the movie with Dave Prowse in this role. It seemed to fit well, so I made the meme.
Ah, got it. You had to watch Clockwork Orange to get it. Thanks for explanation!
Soycucks rise up
I see that they included Sergeant Alvin York in this data set.
Good Lord, you know that you’re a powerhouse of human vigour when even Montenegro takes notice and goes to the effort of granting you a war medal despite your enlistment in a foreign nation’s army.
the_beber@lemm.ee 5 days ago
Could also be Styropyro.
SanndyTheManndy@lemmy.world 4 days ago
The lad!