just science related topics. please contribute
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I don't screen everything, lrn2scroll
this study is from 2016. a more recent study from 2021 was not able to replicate the results and says other studies have had mixed results as well.
edit: and a response from one of the original authors
i don’t have time to deep dive now, but suffice it to say this is far from settled.
It says in the article that the pupils enlarge with increased concentration. Perhaps more intelligent people are just always paying attention in new surroundings, where less intelligent people are more disinterested.
I saw aloooooot of intelligent people on Festivals lately :D also they all drank water ! Suchh healthy people !!!
Given the sounds that are produced when the overhead lights are turned on in any compsci lab, this actually seems pretty plausible...
my cube was dark after I turned the fluorescent tubes 1/4 turn. maintenance never noticed I guess. screen glare is counterproductive, besides bothering eyes.
my dark cube concurs.
all I got is astigmatism. always did extra homework. does that count.? one thing I have noticed is lack of intelligence in people with beady eyes, on average. lol