Discussion Main / ShorterMeansSmarter

Removed three examples from Real Life folder. They were just general statements, and not concrete examples. These are not allowed as per wiki's policy.

• This is the stereotype associated with most Asians: shorter and smarter than Westerners. This may derive, at least in part, from the study habits of the Japanese. Because many schools in Japan accept students based on merits, students need to do a lot of studying compared to Westerners, especially those living in the United States. The strong emphasis on education leads to a higher literacy rate. The fact that the Japanese tend to be shorter than people in the United States is unrelated to their intelligence.
  • YMMV of course, the Japanese school system has been decried by some to be memorization of facts without understanding the underlying principles.
• Until very recently the inversion was true. The taller you were the smarter you were, of course this was because a good diet allowed you to grow to your full potential height, and mental potential (like all other physical characteristics, starving your brain will stunt it). As well as being the very small percentage of the population with access to proper education and books. This is despite a statistically insignificant link between IQ and height.
• IRL, there is a minor link between tallness and smarts, but the actual link is statistically insignificant; small enough to be considered a data error.

Changing the image from one of Tails to one of Suzu from Seitokai Yakuindomo. Being short and smart is pretty much the sum of her character. She is the trope. We can try to find a screenshot of her giving her famous "Returning foreigner with IQ 180 who is fluent in seven languages and can do 10-digit calculations in my head" speech in response to people mistaking her for a little girl.

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• Konata Izumi arguably fits this trope.

This trope is about the short guy being clearly smarter than the rest (emphasis added). I don't think Konata reached this bar yet— not to say the "smart" here usually means book smart, yet Konata is clearly Book Dumb.

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