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Matthew Parris

Of course you can choose to get up early (and maybe you can choose to be gay)

Books giving the patina of science to comforting self-delusion fly off the shelves

21 February 2015

9:00 AM

21 February 2015

9:00 AM

‘Oh, I’m an owl,’ said my friend Nick. ‘You’re probably a lark.’ I raised an eyebrow. He explained. Apparently all human beings are either owls or larks, being genetically predisposed to stay up late or get up early, and to be at their best after sundown or dawn.

Nonsense, of course, complete nonsense.

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