[adrianggg]

> Mildly ill; interminably coughs, sniffs, or sneezes

YES! One of my pet peeves. The worst, doing a phone screen/interview with someone who sniffs constantly while you're trying to problem solve.

There is a strong correlation between self awareness and intelligence, (I'd google for the white papers for those who will no doubt disagree).

Anyone who chronically sniffs is not very smart and not someone I want to work closely with or at all. How about that as a key indicator, lacks self awareness or consideration of others.

[dragonwriter]

This:

> There is a strong correlation between self awareness and intelligence

Does not support this:

> Anyone who chronically sniffs is not very smart

Chronic sniffing isn't necessarily (or even likely) a sign of a lack of self-awareness.

[adrianggg]

lol, ok

[stagbeetle]

Seems more like you have personal beef with the chronically congested crowd (CCC).

As a representative of the CCC, I'm going to have to ask you to stop being sinusist.

[komali2]

I swear I saw a paper on here a couple months back about some weird negative correlation between intelligence and tendency to breath through the mouth rather than nostrils. Like, somebody had managed to provide evidence that mouth-breathers are stupid.

[stagbeetle]

Air is processed differently (see: less "goodly") when taken in by mouth.

It's not too much of a stretch this could affect cognition the same way pollution does.