Does drinking make you smarter?
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Not only does it make me smarter, it makes YOU better lookin', and it makes me Stronger, cause after a coupla beers, i'm pretty sure I could kick someone's @ss!\n "Mankind's Ten Stages of Drunkenness"\n \n 0)  Sober\n 1)  Witty and Charming\n 2)  Rich and Powerful\n 3)  Benevolent\n 4)  Clairvoyant\n 5)  Fuck Dinner\n 6)  Patriotic\n       *7)  Crank Up the Enola Gay\n 8)  Witty and Charming, Part II\n 9)  Invisible\n 10) Bulletproof
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positive thinking can...Think +ve....rather than drinking large amount of coffee.......
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No. Studies show men are on average 5 IQ points smarter.
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What kind of job do you have? Should you get training for a better job? If you drink, stop drinking.
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Sometimes what happens is that when your sleep, the idea you have in your sleep seems a lot better than it does if you have it when you are more coherent.  The people in the bar get better-looking when you've had a few drinks; the ideas in your head seem better when you are half-asleep.
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particularly in the US, college is not just about training you for a future job - it's about making you a more well-rounded person.  I am very glad I took the "useless" classes that I did, becauase I frequently find something about them turned out to be useful after all.  Understanding why beer was such a major part of American history helped me form an opinion on current politics that deal with alcohol and regulations, for example, and basic logic in philosophy still helps me notice when someone's argument is faulty.
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No, just depends how you use what you know.\n\nAs in...smart arsed know it all, or\nVery educated and interesting.
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booze lowers  IQ’s   temporarily .
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No. You can still be successful. Just keep your drinking under control. Americans can be quite the drinkers too.
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"Alcohol also affects the brain. Killing large amounts of brain cells the more and more the person consumes. This leads to short-term memory loss and eventually what people call "wet brain". This is when the alcoholic's brain no longer functions properly. This is a pre-vegetable state. The alcoholic can no longer put coherent sentences together or even function their bowels or bladder correctly."\nhttp://www.spencerrecovery.com/alcoholism-effects.html\n\n"Alcohol has a special affinity for nervous tissue, and as a result chiefly of its direct contact, but partly from its effects on the blood current, the working cells of the brain shrink, the supporting structure hardens, the cerebrospinal fluid, which should act as a protective water-jacket, increases in quantity and exerts injurious pressure. giving the familiar picture of "wet brain" so common in the autopsy room of hospitals caring for large numbers of habitual drunkards. Existing in a less degree, these brain changes are objectively shown in the impaired mental power, the muscular trembling, the shambling gait, and the lack of moral sense of the chronic drinker."\nhttp://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01274a.htm\n\nI'd say both of those sites together provide a vivid explanation.
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I used to hear that  drunk people speak the truth...and then I had to deal with a parent who sadly struggled with alcoholism (and has since conquered) for many years, and I can say that it's difficult for a person to even speak coherently when drunk, much less speak the "truth". And, since I have unfortunately been drunk on a few occasions in my life, I can say that when drunk, it feels like having the flu. Speaking eloquently is not easily done when lying on a cold bathroom floor, hanging onto a toilet. Drinking a bit with a very trusted friend "on occasion" can indeed be fun, just as having the freedom to open your heart and soul to a much-loved friend can be almost a spiritual experience. The selection and appreciation of fine wines and liquors can be an art and one of the more enjoyable pleasures in our earthly lives...it enhances fine food and can make a dining experience even more memorable. But drunkenness is most miserable, indeed. For everyone. \n\nI feel I've already answered the question, but just to be perfectly clear: Being drunk does not enhance the communication of truth. To be truthful requires a clear head. It is my experience that being drunk can make a person quite cruel, emotionally or physically abusive, and downright ugly. It can distort a person's appearance as well as their thinking. It's a destructive force upon a person's physical, mental, spiritual and emotional health and can destroy the best of families.\n\nAs far as the gender of the person in question, that is a ludicrous statement and another example of a sad generalization....of which there are many.
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your head after a few drinks?
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What a load of tripe.\n\nI enjoy a drink when I go out, but I dont drink to get drunk, I drink because I like the taste and it helps me to lose my inhibitions - and not because I am 'conscious' of the people around me and not because someone has died nor because I want to forget something bad has happened, but because I WANT to -  however, I have never been so drunk that I havent remember what I got up to the night before, nor have I have been so drunk that I wasnt in control of myself   -  (but even if I had - thats my look out).  \n\nI think the only time people make fools of themselves when they are drunk (or even sober) are when they become aggressive and/or verbally abusive - anything else (i.e. dancing on tables, on the podium, singing etc etc) is just fun (and who needs drink to do that - however, I think it can enhance your performance lol!!)  and I dont think these people make fools of themselves - life is meant to be fun - what YOU find fun might not be someone elses idea of fun   -  live and let live, as long as no one is hurt then its alllllllll gooooood!!!
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Well, YES and NO! Beer's fattening reputation has more to do with the lifestyle of those who drink it, and the greasy bar snacks that often accompany a night down the local. \n\nThere isn't even concrete evidence that the human body can turn alcohol into fat
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The less educated one is the more likely thay will engage in unhealthy practices...GENERALLY....not true to a person but generally it is true. Regarding the drinking in college, if they did followup studies they might find 10 years later the college crowd is healthier than the non-college crowd - more income, more health awareness, etc...in college there is a lot of social pressure to drink...and when you get thousands of kids together who often are away from parental control for the first time, they often make unwise choices.
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The only difference in average intelligence between regional groupings stem from some populations living in such poverty that malnourishment effects their mental development in a significant way. If your question is whether less healthy lifestyles are effecting the mental development of American youth or not I would say no, at least not yet.  \n\nOn the other hand I’ve noticed that most people with the discipline to maintain a healthy lifestyle apply that same self-discipline to better educating themselves.  This is as opposed to people who are too lazy to keep themselves healthy and often struggle in competitive environments including higher education.  I think I fall somewhere between those two groups, most people do.\n\nRegards,\nArmus
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concentration is better