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by giardini 244 days ago
Driving a taxi may increase your IQ. It increases the size of your brain. Also taxi drivers have healthier brains (less Alzheimer's):

https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2025/05/harvard-taxi-drivers...

Macguire's original study on taxi drivers:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10716738/

BTW it's Fall! So here's to memories - "Four Strong Winds" written by Ian Tyson, sung by Neil Young:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnylI_9rmcs