Age of Reason: Intelligence: The Evolution of Night Owls 

Night owls are smarter than other people, and now we may know why. The modern world contains many features our slow-to-evolve brains still find unfamiliar—cars, TVs, hot dogs on a stick. But the world has always thrown new stuff at us, and brighter humans may adapt more ably.

Satoshi Kanazawa, a psychologist at The London School of Economics and Political Science, argues that, while we have specialized mental modules for navigation, social interaction, and other age-old tasks, general intelligence is its own module handling only evolutionarily novel circumstances. And he has data showing that people with higher IQs are more likely to have values and preferences that just didn’t make sense for our ancestors to embrace. One of those is staying up late.

I don’t know about you guys, but I’m feeling very vindicated right now.

Source: ageofreason

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  7. sourdoughislife reblogged this from ageofreason and added:
    See, Mom, I sleep...so late because I’m smart, not because I’m lazy!
  8. diariesofforeignlovers reblogged this from ageofreason
  9. savingink reblogged this from ageofreason and added:
    about you guys, but I’m feeling very vindicated right now.
  10. increasedentropy reblogged this from sufliso and added:
    WHY AM I SO STUPID THEN
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  13. beautifulthingsfromdust reblogged this from ageofreason and added:
    FINALLY, justification...my terrible sleeping habits :)
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  18. ehcassie reblogged this from therecipe and added:
    ha ha! I knew it. I go to bed anywhere from 1230 - 400 & wake up around 8-11.
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  20. therecipe reblogged this from ageofreason and added:
    sleep around 4 A.M....around noon. I guess I’m just super intelligent. :)
  21. ohmeoflittlefaith reblogged this from ageofreason and added:
    about a 136-138 range....really freaking close
  22. highsee reblogged this from ageofreason and added:
    be a freakin’ genius.
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  25. loveanopenmind reblogged this from ageofreason and added:
    MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
  26. reactorboy reblogged this from ageofreason and added:
    Maybe it’s seeking an emotional IQ boost from connected