wow that made me laugh, great post after a (serious) intro.Graustein said:Blue eyes isn't enough. You also need white skin and blonde hair. That's a recipe for success!
Huh, me too.samaritan.squirrel said:Mine used to be blue, but they've turned gray in the past few years. I'm going to go ahead and blame that on my steady academic downward-spiral.
Wait wait wait wait........I remember something like this when I was in High School......did you just watch a video were that 3rd grad teacher had a hands-on discrimination lesson with her students, and on the first day said that Blue eyed people were better than brown eyed people and on the next day said that Brown eyed people were better that blue eyed people?Dragonearl said:Well according to the latest "research" or rather observations have revealed that if you have blue eyes you are "more likely to sparkle academically than those with brown."
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-476244/Why-blue-eyed-boys-girls-brilliant.html
"The colour of your eyes could determine your achievements in life, say scientists. They claim those with blue eyes are more likely to sparkle academically than those with brown. They are more intelligent and gain more qualifications because they study more effectively and perform better in exams.
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The discovery might help explain the success of such disparate individuals as Stephen Hawking, Alexander Fleming, Marie Curie, Stephen Fry and Lily Cole.
In reaction time trials conducted by U.S. scientists, the brown-eyed performed better, making them more likely to succeed at activities such as football, hockey and rugby.
But the researchers concluded that those with lighter eyes appeared to be better strategic thinkers.
Blue-eyed boys and girls proved to be more successful in activities that required them to plan and structure their time, such as golf, cross-country running - and studying for exams.
Those highly intelligent Stephens (Hawking and Fry): New research has revealed that blue-eyed individuals may study more effectively and perform better in exams than those with dark eyes
Stephen Hawking, author of A Brief History Of Time, is Britain's most eminent physicist.
Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin while Marie Curie was the first twice-honoured Nobel laureate for her work on radioactivity.
Writer and actor Stephen Fry gained a scholarship to Cambridge while model Lily Cole secured a place at King's College, Cambridge, after achieving five As at A-level.
Joanna Rowe, professor emeritus at the University of Louisville in Kentucky, who conducted the tests, said the results suggested a hitherto unexplored link between eye colour and academic achievement"
"It is just observed, rather than explained," she said. "There's no scientific answer yet." Dr Tony Fallone, senior psychology lecturer at the University of Bedfordshire, who has also studied eye colour, believes it should be taken more seriously as an indicator of personality and ability.
Most babies have blue eyes but they usually darken as the pigment melanin builds up in the iris.
Less melanin produces green, grey, or light brown eyes. Eyes with very little melanin appear blue or grey."
Alright, so I am willing to overlook this report from the "Daily Mail" but it got me thinking..how many of you have blue eyes/what is your eye colour and do you agree with this..er..findings.
No, not really. I have ash blonde hair and I have green eyes. But it is a fact that people with blonde hair and blue eyes are very attractive. Although that is, of course, relative. Tastes differ anyway.x0ny said:Don't blondes have blue eyes?
To sparkle academically it only takes hard work. Anything is achievable if you work hard for it.
Ah, the Great American Lie. Anyone can do anything with a little elbow grease. You will find that the entire rest of the world has long since grown up enough to know this simply is not true. In fact, the vast majority of people in the world who do hard work, did not, do not, and will not sparkle academically. And also a good percentage of those who sparkle academically do not consider it to be hard work.x0ny said:Don't blondes have blue eyes?
To sparkle academically it only takes hard work. Anything is achievable if you work hard for it.
What a kooki video!. No have not seen it, this was merely from the link.Haseo21 said:Wait wait wait wait........I remember something like this when I was in High School......did you just watch a video were that 3rd grad teacher had a hands-on discrimination lesson with her students, and on the first day said that Blue eyed people were better than brown eyed people and on the next day said that Brown eyed people were better that blue eyed people?Dragonearl said:Well according to the latest "research" or rather observations have revealed that if you have blue eyes you are "more likely to sparkle academically than those with brown."
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-476244/Why-blue-eyed-boys-girls-brilliant.html
"The colour of your eyes could determine your achievements in life, say scientists. They claim those with blue eyes are more likely to sparkle academically than those with brown. They are more intelligent and gain more qualifications because they study more effectively and perform better in exams.
Scroll down for more...
The discovery might help explain the success of such disparate individuals as Stephen Hawking, Alexander Fleming, Marie Curie, Stephen Fry and Lily Cole.
In reaction time trials conducted by U.S. scientists, the brown-eyed performed better, making them more likely to succeed at activities such as football, hockey and rugby.
But the researchers concluded that those with lighter eyes appeared to be better strategic thinkers.
Blue-eyed boys and girls proved to be more successful in activities that required them to plan and structure their time, such as golf, cross-country running - and studying for exams.
Those highly intelligent Stephens (Hawking and Fry): New research has revealed that blue-eyed individuals may study more effectively and perform better in exams than those with dark eyes
Stephen Hawking, author of A Brief History Of Time, is Britain's most eminent physicist.
Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin while Marie Curie was the first twice-honoured Nobel laureate for her work on radioactivity.
Writer and actor Stephen Fry gained a scholarship to Cambridge while model Lily Cole secured a place at King's College, Cambridge, after achieving five As at A-level.
Joanna Rowe, professor emeritus at the University of Louisville in Kentucky, who conducted the tests, said the results suggested a hitherto unexplored link between eye colour and academic achievement"
"It is just observed, rather than explained," she said. "There's no scientific answer yet." Dr Tony Fallone, senior psychology lecturer at the University of Bedfordshire, who has also studied eye colour, believes it should be taken more seriously as an indicator of personality and ability.
Most babies have blue eyes but they usually darken as the pigment melanin builds up in the iris.
Less melanin produces green, grey, or light brown eyes. Eyes with very little melanin appear blue or grey."
Alright, so I am willing to overlook this report from the "Daily Mail" but it got me thinking..how many of you have blue eyes/what is your eye colour and do you agree with this..er..findings.