In honor of the recent announcement of the 2025 Nobel Prize winners, I thought I would share this fun graph from a 2012 study examining the relationship between chocolate consumption and the number of Nobel prize laureates per capita.
And while, I know - I know correlation does not equal causation... this correlation has a 'P value' of 0.0001... meaning there is a less than one-in-10,000 probability of getting results like these if no correlation exists.
So while the rational part of me understands that other factors, like a nation's GDP or the quality of its educational system, are more likely to be underlying causes for both higher chocolate consumption and more Nobel Prize winners... it is a fun and tempting idea to think that chocolate might make you smarter.
So now if you'll excuse me, I'll be over here munching on a square of my favorite Lindt chocolate. 🍫 😋
Type Ashton
In honor of the recent announcement of the 2025 Nobel Prize winners, I thought I would share this fun graph from a 2012 study examining the relationship between chocolate consumption and the number of Nobel prize laureates per capita.
And while, I know - I know correlation does not equal causation... this correlation has a 'P value' of 0.0001... meaning there is a less than one-in-10,000 probability of getting results like these if no correlation exists.
So while the rational part of me understands that other factors, like a nation's GDP or the quality of its educational system, are more likely to be underlying causes for both higher chocolate consumption and more Nobel Prize winners... it is a fun and tempting idea to think that chocolate might make you smarter.
So now if you'll excuse me, I'll be over here munching on a square of my favorite Lindt chocolate. 🍫 😋
To read more of the original study, from Messerli (2012) use this link: www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMon1211064
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