# Eyesight vs. Intelligence **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 9, 2003, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyesight-vs-intelligence/147454 "2003-01-09T05:13:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![QuaHKN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f14d63/32.png) [@QuaHKN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuaHKN)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyesight-vs-intelligence/147454/1 "2003-01-09T05:13:13Z")
I have made an observation throughout my education and was curious if there was any research out there to prove either way. A couple years back, I was in a college math class with kids from 6th-10th grade. These were SMART kids. Of the 12 in the class, I believe 10 of them had glasses, and the others two may or may nto of had contacts. Going through life, glasses tend to be associated with the smart-geeky-nerdy type. So, is there a correlation between eyesight and intelligence? ---
**Author:** ![Desmostylus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@Desmostylus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desmostylus)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyesight-vs-intelligence/147454/2 "2003-01-09T05:20:48Z")
[Wearing glasses equals being smarter?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=153290&highlight=glasses+intelligence) ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyesight-vs-intelligence/147454/3 "2003-01-09T08:07:32Z")
Since this topic has been discussed so recently, I’ll close this thread and direct further comment to the earlier one, linked to above. bibliophage moderator GQ