Since the consumption of modern alcoholic beverages – including binge drinking and getting drunk – is evolutionarily novel, the Hypothesis would predict that more intelligent individuals are more likely to engage in it, and the empirical data from the UK and the US confirm it.

This is not to say that drinking more will make you more intelligent. According to the article, intelligent people just like to engage in the novelty of drunken times.

And on that note, enjoy adventure Saturday!