Do smart people drink more?

As you know the Bottle Cap is an integral part of Nerdery Culture. So you can understand why the People of class drink alcohol post over on Discovery’s blog caught our attention. If you take a look at this chart that shows that the smarter the you are the more likely you are to consume alcohol, you’ll see why were posting this here.

Go read the entire post for more graphs that control for other variables including education, gender, religion, and geography. Then, make sure to jump to the comments to read all kinds of crackpot theories and accusations.