# Princeton report says short people is dumb
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/princeton-report-says-short-people-is-dumb/370710
**Category:** The BBQ Pit
**Created:** [August 29, 2006, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/princeton-report-says-short-people-is-dumb/370710 "2006-08-29T20:33:05Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2006, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/princeton-report-says-short-people-is-dumb/370710/81 "2006-09-02T03:46:16Z")
“I’m smarter than you, Jack! I’m smarter! I’m smarter!”
“Do not attempt to grow a brain!”
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### Author:  [@Epimetheus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Epimetheus)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2006, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/princeton-report-says-short-people-is-dumb/370710/82 "2006-09-02T03:49:53Z")
_Sigh_
Even though most sources cite 5’9 as average, I have to live with being called short. Sad really. Now I am being called stupid.
Probably not far from the truth.
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### Author:  [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2006, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/princeton-report-says-short-people-is-dumb/370710/83 "2006-09-02T14:02:21Z")
While you guys were arguing back and forth on this I performed actual science. That’s right, I went out into the street and tested people. Selecting people at random I challenged them to a game of Trivial Pursuit. Not a single person shorter than 4’ tall was able to beat me. Those shorter than 3’ tall were laughable in their skills. One even ate one of the dice. That delayed my research considerably, as I had to wait several hours to get it back.
So, proven by science, short people are dumb. I await funding for my research on their kickboxing abilities.
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### Author:  [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2006, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/princeton-report-says-short-people-is-dumb/370710/84 "2006-09-02T16:49:08Z")
Given that Americans have a greater height (and girth) on average than Britons, there seems to be something wrong in these figures.
Everyone knows that Britons are much smarter, though poorer, than Americans so if its smartness that determines relative income, something is wrong.
It may well be that most supervillains are British, therefore, although they are highly intelligent, and for a while they have large incomes, their shortness guaruntees that they will be caught out as they demonstrate their plans for world domination, whilst standing upon a box - which is duly kicked from under (and which, history records, was a very near run thing)
> **[Human height](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_height)**
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> Human height or stature is the distance from the bottom of the feet to the top of the head in a human body, standing erect. It is measured using a stadiometer, in centimetres when using the metric system or SI system, or feet and inches when using United States customary units or the imperial system.
> In the early phase of anthropometric research history, questions about height techniques for measuring nutritional status often concerned genetic differences.
> Height is also important because it ...
I, for one look, foward to greeting our Canadian and Dutch overlords, and all their lovely money.
[http://www.macleans.ca/topstories/science/article.jsp](http://www.macleans.ca/topstories/science/article.jsp)?
content=20050404\_103140\_103140
Perhaps our Tutsi cousins should have something to say.
[http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/content\_pages/record.asp?recordid=48402](http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/content_pages/record.asp?recordid=48402)
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### Author:  [@Operation\_Ripper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Operation_Ripper)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2006, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/princeton-report-says-short-people-is-dumb/370710/85 "2006-09-02T18:28:27Z")
> [@casdave](#):
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> Everyone knows that Britons are much smarter
Allow me to introduce to you [Mr. Karl Pilkington](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Pilkington), a typical wee, ignorant limey. 😉
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