Marriage May Tame Genius 941
theodp writes "Here's one to share with the wife and kids. Using a database of the biographies of 280 great scientists, a psychologist at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand has concluded that creative genius is turned off almost like a tap if a man gets married and has children, regardless of age."
Aw, cripes (Score:4, Funny)
It must have NOTHING to do with the fact that I'm now in my early 30's and married just over one year now. So, basically
At least I won't knock over the 7-11 on whim while out on my midnight smoke run. Oh, wait, pussy whipped...Quitting.
Damn it Spock, we need more testosterone.
Two words sum it all up..... (Score:5, Funny)
"yes dear...."
Just to make /.ers feel good (Score:5, Funny)
Just proves: (Score:5, Funny)
:)
The marriage part...well, I'll let her explain it.
I am one such genius (Score:5, Funny)
At last!! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Aw, cripes (Score:5, Funny)
It's just that most (ordinary) women aren't really much for issues bigger than the Cable Bill and What Emmy Said To Susan About Dana's Relationship With Kevin and so on.
I disinclude geek women here - you ladies are a breed apart and I salute you.
Just try thinking about a Grand Unified Theory when someone is whining at you about how you forgot to clean out the f***ing cat box again.
Fear not! (Score:2, Funny)
It's all right? (Score:5, Funny)
Time to go back to the high school jocks and teach 'em who was right afterall.
They thought I couldn't get sex.... I was simply trying to maintain my genius.
Ah ha! This must be why Metallica sucks. (Score:1, Funny)
Yep. (Score:5, Funny)
"France lost a great novel last night."
Little known fact: (Score:5, Funny)
It's called "wedding cake."
bah-dum..*ching*
No surprise here... (Score:5, Funny)
You might think being an unwashed dedicated geek is enough to repel the opposite sex, but we all know plenty of counter examples. Nope. Castration is the only way to demonstrate that you are a dedicate uber geek.
You first.
oh (Score:5, Funny)
This is probably good news (Score:2, Funny)
Re:It's all right? (Score:3, Funny)
Sorry, no... Study says you just have to remain unmarried - but you can feel free to get all the sex you can.
Or maybe this implies something about your lack of genius. ;)
j/k
-T
Oblig. Soviet Russia (Score:2, Funny)
Re:D'OH! (Score:2, Funny)
(or a supergenius criminal?)
Re:Nonsense! (Score:2, Funny)
MAN: "Honey, where's the cereal?"
WOMAN: "On the same shelf it always is, dear."
MAN: "Sweetheart, where did you put my shirts?"
WOMAN: "In the same drawer they always are."
Get married and you have one kid before you pop any out of your uterus.
Re:Output, not potential (Score:5, Funny)
Most recognized genuses also have the luxury of being made up of several different species.
Re:Just one point though.. (Score:5, Funny)
The wife assumes you are with the mistress,
The mistress assume you are with the wife,
So you can go to the lab and get some work done.
Of course this requires two nigh-impossible things - namely a wife and a mistress.
Re:D'OH! (Score:5, Funny)
If we ask the dictionary, nerd means:
.sig is fake.
1. A foolish, inept, or unattractive person.
2. A person who is single-minded or accomplished in scientific or technical pursuits but is felt to be socially inept.
Genius is often associated with the second definition, but I don't think that the correlation operates in both directions.
Genius -> possible/probable nerd.
Nerd -> slim possibility of genius; most likely overestimates self and has difficulting interacting with others.
Slashdotter(ave.) -> Has extreme dillusion regarding self intelligence, spastic personality, highly likely to have difficulty with simple social interaction.
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This
Re:D'OH! (Score:5, Funny)
So, to sum it up, you get married you will not longer: compose scores; create masterpieces; write the Great American novel; or use peer-to-peer networks.
Gee, I'm glad you'll at least be able to have sex. Wait. Nevermind. You'll be married.
Sagan? (Score:2, Funny)
No, you still have a great chance to blather on about aliens and write crappy coffee table books and start a four-letter agency that doesn't accomplish a damned thing in 20 years. Don't sell yourself short. ;)
Redirect your energy!! (Score:3, Funny)
DiaperGene (a small company created by former scientists that married and had children) today introduced AutoWipe. Much like the 'autowash' process we all loved in "The Fifth Element", AutoWipe simply bolts onto most cribs for infants and toddlers. The AutoWipe uses backscatter x-ray technology to detect when a #1 or #2 enters any standard diaper, and proceeds to automatically change and dispose of the diaper. A built in incinerator module disposes of the used diaper, and is powered off standard LP portable tanks manufactured by Coleman or etc.. Additionally customers can purchase a module that uses a wireless connection to e-mail or page the parent when the diaper supply is low. All this without harm to your children, and without that eye-opening smell.
Parents everywhere delight!
Ob Simpsons quote (Score:3, Funny)
"That's right, sweetie. The defective 'Simpson Gene' is on the Y chromosome, so only men are affected."
"So I'm not doomed! Oh, Dad, I've never been so glad to be your daughter!"
The old saying. (Score:5, Funny)
Then, he's finished."
Sure, his wife and kids made him stupid... (Score:2, Funny)
You know, the same Andrew Wiles that proved Fermat's last theorem (a^n + b^n != c^n, n > 2, n is an integer) using some mathematics so advanced maybe 10 people in the world understand it (do NOT check that number).
I guess you have to admire his wife for saying (paraphrasing), "Get in your office...I don't want to see you until you've solved this".
Cheers to the genius and the support of his spouse!!
Re:I am one such genius (Score:2, Funny)
No wonder then... (Score:5, Funny)
Curse you Linus! Divorce her for the freedom of mankind!
Re:questions abound (Score:5, Funny)
she gets the house.
you get to be a genius again!
Re:Little known fact: (Score:1, Funny)
The son then asks his father, ''What's the 6-pack for?''
The father replies, ''Well, that's for when you're in college. You have 2 for Friday night, 2 for Saturday night, and 2 for Sunday morning.''
Then the son asks his father what the 12-pack is for.
The father replies, ''Well, that's for when you're married. You have one for January, one for February, one for March, one for.....''" --cycling around the net.
And I thought, "But you've got to buy another 12 pack everytime you start finding holes in them and you're wife starts staring at stuff in the baby section of the store."
Re:Output, not potential (Score:4, Funny)
It's not marriage, it's the nagging (Score:3, Funny)
"Albert, get this chalk board out of the living room, NOW!"
"Johan Sebastian Bach stop that infernal racket this instant!"
"Rene! Cartesian my ass, help me with the laundry!"
I mean genius has it's limits.
Vindication! (Score:3, Funny)
I have yet to see a friend become MORE interesting after marriage, or even manage to tread water and remain a good ol' guy.
And now, a study supports my theory. Of course, I am still waiting eagerly for some chickie to come along and make ME a bore...
A genious would never get married ;) (Score:5, Funny)
Well, of COURSE! (Score:3, Funny)
Once they are married... well, what's the point?
What great brainstorm you going to tell us next? Women tend to gain weight after they get married?
Well, the good side .. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:A genious would never get married ;) (Score:3, Funny)
Re:D'OH! (Score:3, Funny)
Didn't you get the memo? The RIAA is in the midst of getting the vast majority of /.ers reclassified as criminals.
Getting married may wipe out creative genius, but at least it will also liberate us from our dastardly digital music sharing.
So make them get married (Score:2, Funny)
So do geniuses and criminals get married when they are ready to settle down and fit into society? Or does marriage tame them?
Will we have alternate sentences? The judge says, "You have one year to get married or you will live in jail for the next 10 years?"
Will Bill Gates set up a free matchmaking service for geniuses who are innovating in the computer field? Maybe he'll pay for pretty women to go after them?
It could be a fun experiment (speaking as a single genius who is currently designing the next revolution in information technology.)
Re:A genious would never get married ;) (Score:4, Funny)
Re:D'OH! (Score:5, Funny)
WHAT?!1?! I don't have to take this! I'm too smart for this - what kind of mickey mouse shit are you passing for insightful comments?!? How dare you insult one as smart as I?!?
Don't Worry, Slashdotters (Score:2, Funny)
The REAL question (Score:2, Funny)
Ahh.. (Score:3, Funny)
Fight The Power (Score:1, Funny)
Lust is the mind-killer.
Lust is the little-torment that brings total corruption.
I will face my lust.
I will permit it to pass over mr and through it.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its descent.
Where the lust has gone there will be no kleenex.
Only I will remain.
Re:Aw, cripes (Score:3, Funny)
That's just silly (Score:2, Funny)
No matter? (Score:3, Funny)
I could go on...but that seems kinda silly to do...
Creative Genius (Score:3, Funny)
Now that's what I call genius...
You Need A Wife And A Mistress. (Score:5, Funny)
Old JPL humor:
Every engineer should have both a wife and a mistress.
You tell your wife you're spending the night with your mistress, and your mistress you're spending the night with your wife...
We, the citizens of Slashdoschtia, bestow upon the (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Aw, cripes (Score:4, Funny)
Would that be an African or European swallow?
Re:Aw, cripes (Score:3, Funny)
The longer you've been married, the longer you learn to go with out sex. For example...
A single man looks at a married man who has 4 kids. He thinks "Wow, they must have sex all the time to have 4 kids".
A married man looks at a married man who has 4 kids. He thinks "Wow, he's had sex 4 times"...
Re:People change their priorities. (Score:2, Funny)
They're DINKs. (Double Income No Kids) ;)