music

Many studies show that the music of Mozart stimulates brain activity and can lead to the development of higher intelligence. This is known as the 'Mozart Effect.'

Author Stefan Kanfer writes about what he calls the 'Trazom Effect' (Mozart backwards) – that listening to certain pop music can make you dangerously stupid.

And why not. So much of pop culture – music, poetry, trendy 'ideas' – seems to be prepackaged nincompoopery for the shallowminded.