Women's brains are smaller than men's

[Wetzelbill]

I was watching "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy" on DVD yesterday, and Ron said that this was true. So women you and your feeble brains have no reason to be mad.

It's just science.




(Yeah, this post is coming from a guy who loses his wallet and keys about 10 times a day each.)

[Evergreen Emerald]

1. well, you know what they say

It is not the size of the brain, but how it is used.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

2. Intelligence depends on other factors

than brain size. It's how much of the brain is being used for cognative thought.

[Wetzelbill]

21. cognitive

Just using my massive brain power to help you out. :evilgrin:

I think just on the basis of me making this reply, pretty much means I'm dumber than a box of rocks.

But, my fellow native, feel free to razz me all you want about my stupidity, it's part of our culture. :)

[Crazy Guggenheim]

3. Flame time!

[Wetzelbill]

17. honestly, if anybody takes this seriously

somebody needs to send them to the hospital, because they need to get that stick removed from their....

Well, you get the point. :)

[Crazy Guggenheim]

20. Merh and I are are haveing some beer and stuff. Wanna join us?

[merh]

4. ~

:popcorn:

[Crazy Guggenheim]

6. I've got some marshmellows for roasting, want any?

[merh]

10. Too hot for roasting marshmellows!

I do like popcorn when I go to the show :popcorn: and this promises to be one heck of a show! :eyes:

Do you have any chocolate covered raisins? Those are my favorites when I go to the show. ;-)

[Crazy Guggenheim]

Sure right here! Got any beer?

[merh]

16. Why thank you so much.

What type of beer would you like? :shrug:

[Crazy Guggenheim]

18. Miller Draft or a Guiness. Please.

:popcorn:

[merh]

27. The large glass is yours.

I am not much for dark beers.

:toast: :beer:

:popcorn:

[Crazy Guggenheim]

29. sip sip. Thanks. Wanna a cigar?

[merh]

39. No thanks.

I've never really enjoyed cigars. :hi:

[Crazy Guggenheim]

34. The good part might be starting now!

:popcorn:

[Wetzelbill]

35. you just like kicking this thread because you know sooner

or later I'm going to get it don't you? :)

[Crazy Guggenheim]

38. No! It's just gonna get good! Wanna beer?

[Wetzelbill]

41. hell yeah I do

[Crazy Guggenheim]

44. Great. It's called Wheat Beer. Yum.

[merh]

43. ~

:popcorn:

[Spider Jerusalem]

5. But larger relative to body size...

since women are, on average, smaller than men.

[Droopy]

7. I don't see why people liked that movie

I probably watched the first 20 minutes of it and turned it off. I didn't think it was funny. I'm glad I didn't go to the theater to see it.

[jmm]

8. Whales have the largest brain of any animal

so all us humans and our feeble brains have no reason to be mad.

[Wetzelbill]

13. nice comeback

I just got zinged :)

[sendero]

9. Yeah but..

....men spend most of their time using their smaller brain :)

[southlandshari]

11. You know....

I could really strangle you right about now!

Can we switch places for a few hours? I promise you that you will never forget a stint on the mod side of DU!

:hide:

[Wetzelbill]

14. I just pray I don't get a beating from

someone who takes this serious. The whole time I was thinking, don't do it, just don't do it. But, I had to. :)

[southlandshari]

23. You are lucky - I'm way too busy to take this seriously

I've got to unload this truck before dark....

[I Have A Dream]

24. Now, Wetzelbill, you did not make appropriate use of smileys!

Good think that we know that you're a good guy.

This one would have helped: ;)

[Wetzelbill]

30. you know I forgot to even use one....

Fear does that to a guy. :)

[Placebo]

12. F'n hilarious flick!

:rofl:

[Yavin4]

15. I Heard That Their Menstrual Cycles Attract Bears

Bears! You hear that! Bears!

[Wetzelbill]

19. LOL

that one was really funny. Those guys are just so misogynistic and dumb. :)

[SOteric]

22. Tsk. Dude.

I thought about making a counter to your jibe by mentioning something about how this must be truly small since men are able to keep their brains in their pants; -but I was worried about beatings from the same humourless crowd.

[Wetzelbill]

26. yeah, except your post would be accurate, mine isn't

:)

That is one scary smilie.

[SOteric]

32. Sorry, - didn't mean to frighten you.

Perhaps this one is better suited to the occasion:

[Wetzelbill]

37. perfect

:)

[Yavin4]

25. Ron Burgundy Could Easily Be A Faux News Anchor

Easily.

[Wetzelbill]

31. I thought he was Brian Kilmeade through half the movie nt

[SarahB]

28. Sure.

I take it you didn't spend 2 days in labor with your baby girl (and her huge head). :hurts:

[Wetzelbill]

33. Well, that ends this debate, no way I can argue with that

:)

Two days! Are you superhuman or what? :)

[Crazy Guggenheim]

36. TWO DAYS!?!?!?!?!? I admire you!

[Wetzelbill]

40. Admire? I'm thinking about having her

beat somebody up for me. :) I never heard of anybody that tough before.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

42. Who's ass is she going to kick?

Don't answer that ...........

[SarahB]

47. I can give reasonably buff men a run for their money in arm wrestling.

But I think he likes being overpowered by me, so I don't know if that counts. :D

[Crazy Guggenheim]

48. You know what they say about some of the toughest guys.

Your cool though.

[SarahB]

45. I had a c-section too.

Arrgggh! I tried it again too (my son also had a huge head though as well- another c-section). :banghead: Ah well, it's all good now. :D

[Crazy Guggenheim]

46. Holy shit! You are a tough ........ woman! I love you!

:popcorn:

[Crazy Guggenheim]

49. sip ..... munch

[Crazy Guggenheim]

50. Where'd everyone go?

[WindRavenX]

51. well

Overlooking the fact that this is from a fictional comedy movie, women's brains are actually more densely packed with nuerons and brain size on is a poor indicator of actual cognitive ability.
This shouldn't even be a serious discussion, I hope :)

[Crazy Guggenheim]

52. It's not the least bit serious.

[WindRavenX]

53. thank god

I didn't want to see a mega-flame war start.
Plus, as a bio major who has been involved with the Summers fiasco, I take matters of mental capacity and the genders quite seriously :hi:

[In_The_Wind]

54. Didn't anyone ever tell you ... it isn't the size that matters!

[Ilsa]

55. Of course, women have better neurological connections in their

brains making size irrelevant.

[mvd]

56. Neither sex is smarter

I trust Marilyn Vos Savant's answer to the question: are men smarter? Her answer was that neither sex has an advantage. More men are in the upper part of the IQ scale, but men also are more often in the bottom part. And as far as more men being involved in the sciences, that doesn't measure intelligence. Perhaps men and women are just drawn to different things, like Marilyn said..

[Ilsa]

58. I know. It was just a reply to counter the typical mysogynist line. n/t

[spacelady]

57. You just gave me a headache.

[Misunderestimator]

59. Well... they DO say that the brain stem in men shrinks with age...

much more than in women. :shrug: