We've seen some fun studies before, like the study that proves metal fans and classical fans have the same personality, drummers are natural intellectuals and that metal makes you happy. But this one is pretty unique.
Software application writer Virgil Griffith was tired of people arguing about which music fans are the smartest, so he did a pretty big study to figure out the truth once and for all. It's not exactly scientific but Griffith took the SAT scores from three colleges around the country. Based on that info, he went to the Facebook pages of all the students listed in the study and ranked their "liked" musicians based on their SAT scores to figure out where they would chart in terms of intelligence.
Unfortunately if you're a fan of Disturbed, you're at the bottom of the metal fans… sorry guys! However, and this is kind of surprising, System of a Down fans are the smartest from his findings. Who knew? Obviously this is all not very scientific and just for fun.
Also, apologies to fans of Lil Wayne. You're dumb… and probably not able to read this, so whatever. Observe the chart! Then again, Couting Crows charted really well for people with high IQs so maybe I don't even want to be smart.
[via Consequence of Sound]
