Short of mastering chess in five moves or teaching yourself fifteen languages before turning seventeen, there are a number of ways for the "average" person to exhibit signs of excellence in the brains department. Those with the highest IQs can often be found engaging in what would be considered anything but intellectual pursuits. Chances are. you may know a bona fide genius or even be one yourself.
有很多种方法可以让"普通人"表露出其实际上拥有与众不同的大脑。这些具有高智商的人，经常被发现从事一些智力追求之外的平淡无奇之事。没准，你能发现身边某些隐形天才，或者你也是天才之一。

10.Virginity And Masturbation
10.处女和手淫

It plays into the common conception of the more academically inclined among us that smarter people tend to spend less intimate time with other people. The reasons, however, may be more complicated than the simple explanations (no one wants to cuddle a nerd) we're used to. Recent studies of students and graduates of top universities, including MIT, indicate that the number of sexual partners per student was significantly lower than the average-intelligence control group. The rate of virginity amongst graduates was also noticeably high at about 45 percent.
大量的学术研究表明，聪明人与智力平平之辈相比，花在亲密上的时间相对较少。个中缘由，当然不像我们过去所说的"没人愿意去搂抱一个愚蠢的傻瓜"那么简单。最近针对一些顶尖学府（包括麻省理工学院）大学生和研究生的一项研究表明，高智商者每个人的平均性伴侣数量明显低于作为对照组的普通学生。高智商处女的比率也是十分显著地高达45%。
There's a number of theories to explain this phenomenon, but it comes down to a few key factors. First, the hormone testosterone, which is responsible for masculine features in males, works in contradiction to the chemicals that influence intelligence. Testosterone has even been shown to inhibit intelligence—big shock, right? The second factor is that intelligent people are more acutely aware of risk. Sex in the modern age is inherently dangerous, and the more astute mind may easily perceive this as an unnecessary risk, especially when self-pleasure or abstinence present virtually no danger at all. Third, focused individuals who spend time on their education tend to be more reclusive, viewing social gatherings as less important than other things. This limits the amount of exposure to the opposite sex and therefore decreases the opportunities to procreate.The result of all this anti-copulation? Sources in the UK are reporting that LoveHoney, a sex toy retailer, has uncovered an unusually large amount of money being spent on products for personal pleasure from universities in the area. Oxford and Cambridge take the top spots, spending more than double the amount of Manchester and Lancaster.
有很多理论可以解释这个现象，但是归结起来，有这么几个关键因素。首先，决定男性重要特征的荷尔蒙睾丸激素，其工作机制与影响人类智力的化学元素相冲撞。荷尔蒙已经被证明会妨碍智力的发展——是不是很震惊？第二个因素是，聪明人对危险的意识更为尖锐。现如今的性爱有着本质的危险，这些聪明人很容易感知到这些非必要的冒险，尤其在自慰或者节欲毫无危险可言的情况下，更是如此。第三，那些能专注于自身修养的人，往往习惯深居简出，在他们看来，社交活动的重要性还不如其他事情。这就限制了他们接触异性的机会，因而也就减少了做爱的几率。这些反交配的结果就是——一则来源于英国一名为"蜜爱"的情趣用品零售商的消息揭露，在学校周边，一笔巨大的钱被花在购买情趣用品上。牛津和剑桥两座学府高居榜首，花费的钱几乎是曼切斯特和兰卡斯特大学的两倍之多。

9.Drug Use
9.药物滥用

Researchers received quite a shock when they interviewed nearly 8,000 people and found that those with higher IQs were more likely to experiment with illegal drugs. Conventional wisdom would dictate that smarter people would be aware of the inherent dangers involved with drug use and the potential life altering effects. What they discovered, however, was that higher-IQ subjects were significantly more open to new experiences, such as illicit drug use.
研究人员在采访了近8000人之后发现了一个相当震撼的事实，高智商人群更偏爱尝试非法药物。传统的看法以为高智商者会对药物的危险和它们对人体潜在的影响有更为清晰的意识；然而，研究发现，事实并不如此，高智商者对新体验更为开放，非法药物的使用就是一例。
How much more open? Men were 50 percent more likely to take amphetamines and 65 percent more likely to experiment with ecstasy. This was even after having taken socioeconomic status into account. Interestingly enough, these subjects are also generally more likely to not smoke, eat healthier diets, and enjoy higher social and economic standing in their communities. So, why the drugs? As with alcohol, the researchers say smarter people are more likely to seek out experimental and novel experiences.
那么到底有多开放呢？数据显示，高达50%的人喜欢尝试苯丙胺，而尝试摇头丸的更是高达65%。这还是把社会经济地位考虑进去之后的结果。更有趣的是，这些对象一般都不抽烟，饮食健康，在他们的社区享有较高的社会和经济地位。那么，为什么是药物呢？和酒精一样，研究者说聪明人更喜欢寻求新奇体验。

8.Being A Night Owl
8.都是些夜猫子

One of the hallmarks for intelligent people is an obvious tendency to ignore the "accepted" behavior of the general public. Smart people seem to have their own agendas and their own schedules. A recent study by the London School of Economics indicates that insomnia is a natural tendency of the intellectually elite amongst us. It doesn't appear to a be a fluke, either. The rates of sleep achieved in hours per night declines as the average IQ level raises. Speculation may lead us to believe it is an overactive mind that finds rest less easy to achieve, or that perhaps the late night hours are a quieter environment for personal pursuits.
聪明人的一大标志就是会明显地倾向于忽视被大众所认同的行为准则。他们似乎自有一套准则和安排。伦敦经济学院的一项最新研究表明，睡眠缺少是智力精英们的一个自然趋势。这并不是什么特例。他们每晚睡觉的时间比普通人要少得多。据推测，这可能是他们过度活跃的大脑发现少量的睡眠更容易获得成功，或者也可能是深夜的安静环境更适合他们实现自我的追求。

7.Alcoholism
7.酗酒

The great literary minds of the 20th century would no doubt raise a toast to this curious indicator of heightened intelligence. A study by Satoshi Kanazawa indicates that it may be likely alcoholism is the sign of a genius at work. The reasoning is slightly unexpected. Unlike the sexual tension issue highlighted above, it appears that alcohol consumption has very little to do with releasing stress as much as it does the experience of drinking the alcohol itself.
酗酒可以提高智商这一表征无疑会获得20世纪伟大的文学家们的举杯相赞。金泽博士的一项研究表明，酗酒很有可能是天才在工作的一个标志。这一推理令人稍感意外。这不像上面提到的两性关系，因为饮酒并不能缓解多少压力，不过是增加了一些酒量罢了。
The report—which revealed that "very bright" students in the UK were significantly more likely to develop alcoholic tendencies than their "dull" classmates—describes drinking as an evolutionary novel activity. The very act of drinking is considered a luxury, an activity that can be classified as a leisure pursuit more than a hobby or skill. According to the study, since the novelty of drinking remains ingrained in social behavior, individuals of higher intellect are drawn to it as a pastime.
报道显示，英国的聪明学生们比那些蠢蛋同学更有酗酒的发展趋势——饮酒被描述为进化的新颖活动。饮酒的非常行为，被视为是一种奢华，一项可以被归为空闲追求而非业余爱好或某一技能的活动。根据这项研究，自从饮酒被认作是一项根深蒂固的社会行为之后，高智商者便将其当成了一项消遣。

6.Large Breasts
6.大胸

It appears there is a strong correlation between women with big breasts and higher IQs. A well-reported study claims that a comparison of 1,200 women with varying sizes of breasts showed that larger-breasted women tended towards having, on average, a 10-point IQ advantage to their smaller-breasted counterparts. Here's the bad news—there is absolutely no evidence that this study ever took place, and the scientist involved, Yvonne Rossdale, appears to be entirely fictional. The good news? There is actually a scientific precedence for this conclusion, even if this particular case was pure fiction.
女人的乳房大小和智商高低之间有着很强的关联性。一项广为流传的研究报告声称，在比对了1200名不同罩杯的女性之后发现，乳房高耸巨大的女性比那些平胸之辈在智商上平均高出10个百分点。坏消息是没有任何证据表明这项研究确实发生过，与之相关的科研专家——Yvonne Rossdale——似乎是子虚乌有之事；好消息是，即使这项研究纯属虚构，但在科学上确实偏向于这个结论。
What actual studies in human evolution and sexual selection indicate is the likelihood for larger breasts to reproduce, combined with other factors that would produce an ideal mate, intelligence included. Larger breasts are likely perceived by the instinctual mind as more capable for nourishing a growing brain, evidenced by the fact that lesser-evolved species of mammals seem to pay this feature no mind whatsoever. The second potential factor is that the hormones that control breast size and firmness would be more abundant in a well-formed and better-functioning brain.So what happens is a male chooses the partner most likely to produce the most intelligent and healthy offspring. Those children inherit the traits of their parents (large breasts included) and continue to mate with equally well-developed partners. Through this process, the most intelligent minds will also possess the best genes in other categories as well. There will be exceptions, of course, and genetics is a complicated science.
在人类进化和两性选择上真实存在的研究表明，乳房丰满更有利于繁殖。联想到其他包括智力在内的创造理想配偶的因素，丰满的乳房更容易被大脑的本能想法所感知，即它们更容易哺乳一个成长中的大脑。这一事实证明，进化较小的哺乳动物种类都没怎么重视这一点。第二个潜在因素是，控制乳房尺寸和坚挺程度的荷尔蒙在功能良好、运作完善的大脑中会分泌得更充分。因此，男性选择大胸伴侣后更容易创造聪明健康的后代。这些孩子继承了父母的特点（当然包括丰满的乳房），长大以后继续寻找与之相等的伴侣。经过这么一个过程，具有最聪明头脑的人便会拥有最完美的基因。当然，也有例外存在，毕竟，遗传学是一门复杂的学科。

翻译：烟囱 来源：前十网