REAL LIFE NEWS: LATE RISERS ARE SMARTER PEOPLE
by Hazed
Regular readers will know I am not a morning person. I struggle to get up early and often find myself turning off the alarm and going back to sleep. The cold and rain in London this week has made it particularly tempting to just roll over and snuggle under the duvet for a little while longer.
Now scientists say that night owls like me are more intelligent, more creative and even happier than the larks who leap out of bed as soon as the alarm goes off.
I knew it!
This conclusion comes from a study called “Why night owls are more intelligent”. Satoshi Kanazawa and Kaja Perina say that because the human body is better adapted to a sleep pattern like that of our ancestors, which means getting up early and going to bed early, it means that anyone who goes against that pattern is particularly adaptable to modern life. And that is a sign of outstanding intelligence.
In other words, only smart people can handle the snooze button because it’s such a recent invention that evolution itself hasn’t had a chance to prepare us for it. That’s right, I’m clever enough to press a button. Go me.
The study also concludes that listening to the needs of your body rather than being bound by the hard and fast rule of the alarm clock means you are more likely to pursue your own passions and find your own solutions to problems. Meaning, you are more creative and independent. Yeah, I’m a rule-breaker!
Take that, morning people!
