# Blondes really DO have more fun!

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 23, 2001, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blondes-really-do-have-more-fun/63048 "2001-04-23T21:17:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2001, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blondes-really-do-have-more-fun/63048/21 "2001-04-26T15:07:15Z")

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brother, would you venture to guess which one of them has the highest thought of intelligence?

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**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2001, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blondes-really-do-have-more-fun/63048/22 "2001-04-27T00:49:26Z")

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> \*Originally posted by handy \*  
> \*\*brother, would you venture to guess which one of them has the highest thought of intelligence? \*\*

I’ve put some thought into this and have formulted a hypothesis. Sticking strictly to hair color I would venture the following thoughts. Red hair reflects red light which is close to microwave radiation meaning they absorb more of the shorter wavelenghts nearer UV rays which could have negative effects, perhaps this is the source of their stereotypes. Blonds reflect mid-length rays absorbing equal amounts of both near infrared and near UV rays. That still leads to an unbalanced absorption pattern. As you progress through brown and into black you get a consistantly more and more even absorption pattern adding to a better balance. While bald women would reflect wavelengths as related to their skin color at the same time the bare head allows for a good cooling system not availabl to their haired sisters. So here I think from highest to lowest would go bald, black, brown, yellow, red. And those who die their hair blue and god forbid violet will be even lower. Near IR I think would be better then near UV. Although the difference from higest to lowest may actually be incredibly small. As for nude and semi-nude women, I would never ever question their intelligence. Mostly because I’d wouldn’t be able to work a proper thought into my head.

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