According to some sort of scientific study or whatever, elder siblings are on average smarter than their younger siblings. Fortunately, I am not only an older sibling, but the eldest sibling in our family! Therefore, according to scientific facts and figures and the theory of evolution which cannot be refuted, I am the smartest Chan in my clan.
Moreover, according to this study, intelligence is somehow tied to social prominence: “It has been proposed for some time that, on average across a population, first-borns are more intelligent than their younger brethren. There are more first-born sons in prominent positions than might be expected, for example.” Ha! Take that, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph, among others!
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Right, so who ended up on top in those Biblical examples you gave?
And then you have your Beethovens and so forth.
I think that Wikipedia gets this one right for once. Birth order is pop psychology at best. And when Christians start thinking that Adler has the right idea… well, it’s a bad sign.
Oh yeah, I agree with you guys. I was just trying to be cheeky and sarcastic (against the article itself). I guess it didn’t come across that way. Oops, sorry.
And using Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph apparently wasn’t the best idea either. Maybe I should’ve balanced it with elder siblings who had prominent positions or something, too. Or maybe I shouldn’t have used examples from the Bible. Anyway.
Um, I knew you were kidding. Sorry I didn’t give that impression.
Doh! I must be slow or something. On the plus side, obviously, my existence as the oldest sibling is further disproof of this theory!