Glasses wearers really are more intelligent - it's in the genes

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    Henry Bodkin

29 May 2018 • 9:00pm

It may seem merely a cliche born of centuries of educated people straining their eyes in dimly-lit libraries, but new genetic research suggests those who wear glasses really are more intelligent.

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh analysed the genetic data of more than 44,480 people.

They found that, overall, those who were more intelligent were nearly 30 per cent more likely to have genes indicating they require reading glasses than those who scored poorly....

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2018/05/29/glasses-wearers-really-intelligent-genes/

 

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Here's Patty Murray, perhaps the dumbest person to ever hold a US Senate seat:

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Here's Patty Murray, perhaps the dumbest person to ever hold a US Senate seat:

Those aren't real glasses.

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People Who Wear Glasses Really Are More Likely to Be Smart, Says Huge Study

Okay, this is weird.
PETER DOCKRILL
31 MAY 2018

It's one of the oldest, weather-worn clichés: that people who wear glasses are somehow smarter than those who don't. It's ridiculous, unfounded, and – it turns out – actually true.

The largest study to date investigating the genetic underpinnings of intelligence suggests there is in fact a link between wearing glasses (or contact lenses) and cognitive function, with intelligent people almost 30 percent more likely to be glasses wearers.

https://www.sciencealert.com/huge-study-confirms-people-glasses-more-likely-intelligent-after-all-genetics-genomic

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