Scientific research confirms that men are more

It is impossible to conclude between men and women which gender is superior, but when it comes to unnecessary and untimely deaths, men are champions.

A 20-year study of the Darwin Prize , an award that summarizes the most stupid deaths every year, has found that nearly 90% of these deaths belong to men.

Named after Charles Darwin, who proposed the principle of natural selection, this award recognizes those who have inadvertently improved their genetic resources by eliminating themselves from the human community by methods surprisingly stupid.

Worthy candidates include a man who wants to "hitch" a train by tying a supermarket trolley to the stern, then being dragged for 2 miles and dying before the train stops. In addition, the terrorist who has opened his own mail bombs when he is returned because he has not put enough stamps.

Other examples include a man who uses a weapon "spy pen" to shoot himself in the head to prove to a friend that it is a real weapon and a thief trying to "steal" the cable section of the elevator. and remove it while standing in the ladder, causing the ladder to fall freely to the ground, killing the thief.

Men are willing to accept very unnecessary, potentially life-threatening challenges just to get "bragging rights".

Of the 332 independent nominations, 14 were excluded from the analysis because they were both created by both men and women.

Among the remaining 318 cases, 282 cases (88.7%) were of men and only 36 cases of women - a complete disparity consistent with the theory of stupid men (MIT) in It is said that men are idiots who specialize in doing stupid things.

Writing in the Christmas issue of British Medical Journal, researchers said that men are willing to accept very unnecessary, potentially life-threatening challenges, simply as a milestone in Life or just to get "bragging rights" is very confusing.

Although the differences between the sexes in the risk-seeking behavior have been recorded very well, we are almost ignorant of the gender gap in stupid risk-taking behavior. Therefore, the researchers looked at the data on the Darwin award from 1995 to 2014 and paid attention to the gender of the winner.

Dr Dennis Lendrem, of Newcastle University, said: " Stupid risks are defined as senseless risks, where the reward is negligible or non-existent and the results are often very negative, usually catastrophic ".

"According to the MIT theory, the difference in risk-seeking behavior, the number of people being admitted to the emergency room and the death can be explained by observing that men are idiots and idiots do things. stupid".

"There are data based on personal support stories for MIT, but so far there has been no systematic analysis of gender differences in stupid risk-seeking behavior."

Researchers acknowledge that this study has many limitations because women may be more likely to nominate men to receive Darwin awards, or gender differences can be seen in the use of beverages. alcohol between men and women.

However, Dr. Lendrem said: "Despite these limitations, it is hard to suspect that those who received the Darwin Prize did not seem to offer a real risk assessment or attempt to control risk. If you like it, you can do it in some cases. In some cases, the winner's intelligence may cause us to ask questions. "

He also said the actual data support the hypothesis that alcoholic drinks help men feel "armored all over" after just a few glasses, and this should not be overlooked.

Researchers believe that MIT deserves more thorough investigation. Dr. Lendrem said he was surprised by the large difference between the sexes, with men accounting for 88.7% of stupid deaths.

However, he added: "The interesting thing is that the women in my office do not show the same surprise. I think this is all said."