Firstborns: we're smarter!

[jsarno]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

The eldest children in families tend to develop higher I.Q.’s than their siblings, researchers are reporting today, in a large study that could settle more than a half-century of scientific debate about the relationship between I.Q. and birth order.

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/22/sc...ibling.html?hp

Not that I am opposing the thought here, but my IQ is 142, my brother's is 112. Big difference there. (oh he's the elder, I'm the middle child) My sister has a 124 IQ and she's the youngest.

[70Chip]

Originally Posted by jsarno

Not that I am opposing the thought here, but my IQ is 142, my brother's is 112. Big difference there. (oh he's the elder, I'm the middle child) My sister has a 124 IQ and she's the youngest.

Ding Ding Ding!

That's the sound of your own bell ringing.

[jsarno]

Originally Posted by 70Chip

Ding Ding Ding!

That's the sound of your own bell ringing.

Maybe so, but I think it has more to do with what you make of your life. Maybe in that link it shows that you become more lazy if you have an older sibling.
I know in my case, I used my brother as spring board...he was the bar in which I had to surpass. I tried twice as hard to beat him at everything, including grades. In fact, my friends that have an older sibling felt the same way, so I am unsure of how accurate that test is.