The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #22006   Message #236422
Posted By: Metchosin
31-May-00 - 12:56 PM
Thread Name: Thought for the Day - May 31,00
Subject: RE: Thought for the Day - May 31,00
Maybe should define what being creative is and if being creative is somehow linked to amassing wealth and producing offspring?

I have seen a study, sorry it was awhile back and I cannot quote the source, where a males height was the determining factor as to his attactiveness to females. This was using data collected from Poland, as that country keeps good vital statistics regarding height and number of offspring etc.

That was coupled with an experiment regarding women selecting dates from a lineup of men, some whom were purported to be very monetarily successful and available. Time and again the women selected the tall (wealthy) men and when the parameters were changed to make the short men the ones with the wealth, the women still selected the tall men in that study.

This study was used to explain why generally we are becoming taller with each succeeding generation.

If creativity fits into the grand scheme of things, I haven't seen any evidence for it. Or maybe there should be study done to determine if creativity is something short men engage in to attract mates, as a compensation for their lack of stature.

If I remember correctly, Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo didn't have any offspring, were they short? and seems to me, Karl Marx had a lot of kids....hmmm...... maybe he was tall.