9. They’re really funny
Any good writer or comedian will tell you that reliably making people laugh is pretty difficult. But if research from the University of New Mexico is anything to go by, bringing the funny is easier for intellectuals. In 2011 a team from the institution concluded that people who penned the most hilarious jokes for cartoons had higher verbal intelligence scores than others. Another study suggested that the same is also true of stand-ups.
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