Jake, a starting linebacker for his school's football team took a severe blow to the head during last Saturday's game. Jake went to the hospital for a CAT scan and along with finding out he only suffered a minor concussion, Jake's doctor told him he had an unusually large brain for a man his size and age. Jake bragged about this fact at school because he believed this meant he was more intelligent that others, until Julie pointed out to him that:
A. actually, because Einstein's brain was smaller than average, scientists believe there is a negative correlation between size and intelligence
B. as usual, only men think size matters, women know smaller is better when it comes to brain size
C. the size of the brain is not as important as how efficiently it functions
D. although men's brains are larger, their mean IQ scores are lower than women's
C. the size of the brain is not as important as how efficiently it functions
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