Poll: Blue eyes?. It means you're a genius

[Once a Human]

See, this is an odd subject for me. I spend most of my life indoors and when I'm in the shade my eyes look green and seem be be getting a darker green as I get older. BUT! In sunlight, my eyes shift into a gorgeous baby blue that makes girls cling to me like a lamprey eel.

 

[Ryuk2]

I have blue ayes, but i don't think people with blue eyes are smarter. Sure, i'm have the best grades in English, Latvian language, (almost)Biology and IT, but the worst in Math and Physics. I know only few people with blue ayes, they are not smart, they just know what to say and they have a good memory. Nice, social people. But i think brown/green ayes people 1)look better, 2)seem to be pretty smart.
People with blue ayes are probably uglier and that's why they hide behind books and learn more. (not serious here)

 

[Mrselfdestruct]

I must be one of those rare geniuses with brown eyes then. Lucky me.

 

[londelen]

Well at least with brown I have vastly quicker adaptation to changes in light, and naturally better vision in both day and nighttime. WE'LL SEE HOW GOOD THOSE BLUE EYES DO IN AN APOCALYPSE! MUAHAHAHA.


Also Correlation does not equal causation etc. Also coincidences. Saying that blue eyes are a sign of intelligence because some people who are considered brilliant have blue eyes is silly. Go test the insulation in the White Matter, and then you'll have a case. Silly scientist.

 

[Inverse Skies]

That's a slippery slope to stride upon. If melanin is proven to have an effect on intelligence (which it doesn't as far as current science and medicine goes) then the inference would stem far beyond mere eye colour.

You would have people judging intelligence based on skin colour which is absolutely stupi- oh wait!

Not saying it wouldn't be interesting research though, it's just that in the world of science the art of communication is pretty poor. And with a topic that can have wide ranging implications the art of tactfulness is lost on many of the boffins.

Oh yes, it's quite easy to see how that particular bit of research could be construed to mean something that it shouldn't. My guess is even if there were a correlation between melanin levels and intelligence, it would merely be part of a number of factors which make up the whole, because just saying that it has something to do with melanin is far too simplistic. I would still like to know what the link might be though. Upregulation of certain neurotransmitters in the brain? Changes in ion channels in nerves? Some sort of transcription factor for genes? It would be interesting to learn.

 

[Rheden_Sol]

Well...

My girlfriend has beautifully captivating bright blue eyes and she's the damned smartest in our senior year.
My eyes are a bluey/green and i'm right up there, too.
=]

 

[El Poncho]

Well at least with brown I have vastly quicker adaptation to changes in light, and naturally better vision in both day and nighttime. WE'LL SEE HOW GOOD THOSE BLUE EYES DO IN AN APOCALYPSE! MUAHAHAHA.


Also Correlation does not equal causation etc. Also coincidences. Saying that blue eyes are a sign of intelligence because some people who are considered brilliant have blue eyes is silly. Go test the insulation in the White Matter, and then you'll have a case. Silly scientist.

Enough to make a well planned out strategy according to the article.

 

[Daedalus1942]

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

Spoiler: The news

"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.

I have blue eyes, and I personally was always an underachiever in school (not for lack of intelligence), I just didn't see the point of it all and never got to be challenged the way I wanted.
I consider myself probably above average, but I'd hardly say I'm a genius.
I just have a thirst for knowledge.

 

[Daveman]

bullshit, my friend has blue eyes and while he's clever he isn't strategic, I mean he can't even do plants vs zombies effectively without my help.

 

[londelen]

my eyes are green with blue and brown bits and in summer they sorta turn abit yellowy... what the hell does that mean...?

Jaundice?

 

[Baby Tea]

What about one blue eye, and one green eye?
Half genius, half...not so genius?

 

[Acidwell]

You have to laugh at the stuff the daily mail comes out with, they could easily print that the world was flat and people would believe them.
I know(I hope) a lot of the people here are joking but still my point stands, people will believe any bullshit semi-scientific evidence.

 

[rokkolpo]

lolz every blue eyed person i've known is retarded

true

 

[Quoth]

I have blue eyes I sucked at school although I've got better since I still don't see my self as sparkling academically.

 

[Admiral Stukov]

Steel gray eyes, they kind writers give characters they want to look cold/harsh/emotionless etc.

 

[Loop Stricken]

I have brown eyes and, if I were stupid enough to pay for it, I could be MENSA-certified.
Oh, the irony.

 

[Owlslayer]

I have blue-grayish eyes. But i don't believe that the colors of my eyes makes me smart or not, even trough I'm at the top of my class in grades.

 

[RIOgreatescapist]

Don't think it has anything to do with your IQ but still, I would like to have blue eyes.
Hate my hazel eyes. EMO ON!

 

[MrDarkling]

Blue eyes isn't enough. You also need white skin and blonde hair. That's a recipe for success!

HEIL GRAUSTEIN!

jokes aside, I kind of hate it when people research this.
Pointless knowledge that will only fuel possibly new stereotypes in the future.
Can't we research something useful for once? :I