The new Bell Curve

terribly early in the morning on Monday, the 24th of September 2007 by Chad

This could spark a row over the breakfast table, but recent research has found that there are more clever men than women.
An all-male team of psychologists at Edinburgh University has discovered that there are twice as many males as females in the brightest two per cent of the population.

Woo hoo! Oh wait, there’s more…

The research, however, also points out that there are twice as many males as females in the least intelligent two per cent of the country.

But why???

One theory put forward to explain the results is that men have evolved to boost their intelligence as a way of making themselves more attractive to the opposite sex. Women, however, do not need to be clever in order to reproduce.

Oh man, that last sentence is going to lead into a ton of jokes. None of which will be repeated here! Except in the comments.