8 Tricky "Would You Rathers...?" Answered By Science

4. Be Really Short Or Really Tall?

Believe it or not, your height actually affects a lot more than your ability to reach high shelves. Your answer to this questions boils down to your priorities.

Let's begin with the tall ones. Some research has found that tall people might actually earn more than their more diminutive counterparts. Estimates suggest that a person over 6ft is likely to earn as much as £100,000 ($143,992) more than someone of 5ft 4in over a lifetime. As it turns out, this isn't because people just like throwing money at tall people, or because they need extra money for their enormous clothes, it's actually because they're just better.

Height has been linked to higher intelligence and better social skills, meaning that these people are more likely to succeed in their careers. Whether or not this is an inherent genetic factor, or whether people who grow up in a healthy, well-nourished environment (making them more likely to be tall) are more likely to have better opportunities in the first place, is currently unclear. It's probably a bit of both.

However, those tall people better enjoy it while it lasts, because the short people are going to get the last laugh. It has been found that those with smaller bodies are much less likely to suffer from chronic illness and diet-related disease. Shorter people also have longer lifespans than their towering friends. It is thought that this could be what is linked to the disparity in male and female lifespans, as women are, on average, shorter than men.

So, the tall people will live shorter but wealthier lives while the short people will be healthier and longer-lived with a lower chance of being successful. But hey, we live in an ageing population, so living longer isn't necessarily.

Verdict: Be Really Tall.