Here’s something that is sure to get the hairs up on some peoples’ backs. Virgil Griffith, the creator of WikiScanner and a grad student from CalTech did some research which studied the relationship between musical styles and bands and the SAT scores of the people who listened to them. He found that the smartest students listened to Beethoven (average SAT of 1371) and the students who rung in at the bottom of the SAT scores listened to Lil’ Wayne (average SAT of 889).
The average SAT score is around the …

I know that I have pretty eclectic tastes in music – none of my friends really like all the same stuff that I like.
Well, a company in New York called Signal Patterns has just launched some pretty cool software that analyzes your personality and music tastes using professional criteria to help you find out more about yourself and also helps you connect with others like you.