Are you a vegan?

[infamous]

That'll be fission, to the best of my knowledge...

Not really my friend. Nuclear fission is a reaction generated by splitting the atom like in the atomic bomb using u-235 and plutonium. Nuclear fusion is the reaction occuring within stars whereby hydorgen atoms are combined to form helium along with various other elements. This is the same reaction which occurs within the Hydorgen bomb.............nuclear fusion................Infy

[maikeru]

* On a related note *

 

The FDA has approved cloned animals safe for consumption...

 

FDA says cloned animals are OK to eat - More Health News - MSNBC.com

 

 

 

 

OK to eat, but not what I want to eat...

[Boerseun]

Not really my friend. Nuclear fission is a reaction generated by splitting the atom like in the atomic bomb using u-235 and plutonium. Nuclear fusion is the reaction occuring within stars whereby hydorgen atoms are combined to form helium along with various other elements. This is the same reaction which occurs within the Hydorgen bomb.............nuclear fusion................Infy

True... that's what happens when you post at 1:50AM, after one heck of a party.:hyper:

 

I always screw up fission and fusion, so don't take it too seriously when I erroneously attempt a correction! ('specially when I'm sauced...)

[CraigD]

I heard a report on the news yesterday claiming that vegan's are 'smarter' than omnivorous people. So, vote the poll and/or post you feelings about this claim or vegan vs. meat-eater in general. Where's the beef‽ :artgallery:

Here's an article about the study I mentioned in the opening post:

 

Vegetarians are more intelligent, says study | News | This is London

Coming late to this thread, I notice that nobody seems to have noticed that Turtle’s initial recollection of it doesn’t accurately reflect the linked-to article. The article reports a peer-reviewed study showing that adult who eat no meat but eat eggs and dairy products, or adults who eat class themselves vegetarians, but eat some fish and chicken (who comprise about 4.5% of the population) average 5 standard IQ points (.5 standard deviations) higher than the population as a whole. Adults who eat no meat nor eggs or dairy – vegans – average 5 point less than the general population.

 

Neither the study’s researchers nor, I think, a reasonable reader, claim that his higher IQ is caused by a vegetarian or semi-vegetarian diet, or the lower IQ caused by a vegan diet. Rather, my guess is that more intelligent people are more likely to think about and make decisions about diet, one of which is the decision to be a vegetarian. Less intelligent people are less likely to think about diet, and just eat whatever is available and agreeable to them.

 

This doesn’t explain why vegans average lower than the general population. My guess here is that strict adherence to a diet often reflects a tendency toward dogmatic thinking in general, and that such cognitive tendencies result in lower average IQ scores.

 

Another explanation, offered by a thisislondon.com reviewer, is that the higher IQ effect is due to more intelligent people having access to more expensive foods, which are more likely to be vegetarian or not include red meat.