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EARTHDATE: June 8, 2014

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REAL LIFE NEWS: BLONDES ARE NOT SO DUMB AFTER ALL

by Hazed

Blondes may have more fun, but everyone know they are also ditzy. The many jokes told about blonde jokes are testament to this stereotype. But it turns out that there’s nothing in their genes that makes blondes automatically stupid.

Scientists have discovered that the gene which switches on blonde hair is not linked to any other traits. Hair colour is determined by just one letter in the genetic code; switching it turns blondes into brunettes and vice versa. But it doesn’t do anything else or alter the biology in any other way.

So any difference in intelligence between blondes and non-blondes must be down to nurture, not nature. Expectation probably has a lot to do with it: the reputation that blondes have just becomes self-fulfilling; parents treat their blonde children differently from brunettes which shapes behaviour. That’s human psychology for you.

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/10868532/Why-having-blonde-genes-will-not-make-you-ditzy.html

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