I for one love research, love studies; I just love learning. However, every now and again, a study comes along where I feel the need to cry out the word "why?" A recently released Czech study is one such case.
About three weeks ago, a Czech study revealed the following finding - men with brown eyes are viewed as more trustworthy than those with blue eyes. Yes, this was the lone finding.
The study's researcher - Karel Kleisner - had this to say with regard to the findings (well, finding - it's singular): "Eye color is something superficial, and nobody would expect there is a deeper association with the structure of the bones. We were a little bit surprised."
I guess my question is, what about people with green eyes, black eyes, hazel eyes, etc.? Why was the study focused on just blue and brown eyes? Congratulations - we now know that people with brown eyes are more trusted (for whatever reason) than those with blue eyes. We still don't know how they compare with the multiple other potential eye colors. Yeah, in my estimation, this was a completely worthless study.
This study's finding reminds me of the following findings from make-believe studies I've concocted in my noggin:
- People prefer a periwinkle-colored crayon to a jungle green one.
- The shape of footballs is preferable to the shape of softballs.
- Men with buzz-cuts are seen as more attractive than men with mullets.
- Caucasians are viewed as paler than African-Americans.
- Donald Trump is seen as sexier than a trash-bag.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/09/brown-eyed-men-trustworthy_n_2443050.html
About three weeks ago, a Czech study revealed the following finding - men with brown eyes are viewed as more trustworthy than those with blue eyes. Yes, this was the lone finding.
The study's researcher - Karel Kleisner - had this to say with regard to the findings (well, finding - it's singular): "Eye color is something superficial, and nobody would expect there is a deeper association with the structure of the bones. We were a little bit surprised."
I guess my question is, what about people with green eyes, black eyes, hazel eyes, etc.? Why was the study focused on just blue and brown eyes? Congratulations - we now know that people with brown eyes are more trusted (for whatever reason) than those with blue eyes. We still don't know how they compare with the multiple other potential eye colors. Yeah, in my estimation, this was a completely worthless study.
This study's finding reminds me of the following findings from make-believe studies I've concocted in my noggin:
- People prefer a periwinkle-colored crayon to a jungle green one.
- The shape of footballs is preferable to the shape of softballs.
- Men with buzz-cuts are seen as more attractive than men with mullets.
- Caucasians are viewed as paler than African-Americans.
- Donald Trump is seen as sexier than a trash-bag.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/09/brown-eyed-men-trustworthy_n_2443050.html
Comments
Post a Comment