I heard on a commercial for the news tonight that a study was done that showed anxiety affects pregnancy. Which led me to a rant, which my husband had to sit through in person, regarding just how stupid some studies really are. Have you ever wondered why on earth a particular study was done? Some just sound so obvious to me that I can't believe money was wasted on them.
We need more studies on the benefits of chocolate! Not ridiculous studies on things that are obvious to everyone to begin with.
Anyone got a good one for me?
We need more studies on the benefits of chocolate! Not ridiculous studies on things that are obvious to everyone to begin with.
Anyone got a good one for me?
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mary...hmmmm...i'll think about this...BTW, mom's op went great today, surgeon said they got it all, and she's going to a local nursing home to recover at the end of the week!!
Libby, I'm sure with all your reading you'll come up with something. ;)
I'm glad to hear that your mom's surgery went well and they got everything. VERY good news!!!
They just did a study that rock stars die younger than "normal" people and that highest percentages show drugs or alcohol. Really???? They needed a study for this??????
See, that's what I'm talking about. And how much did that cost? I'm sure the money could have been used for something we'd really like to know.
...okay, mary, i got some for you!!
Study Correlates Finger Length to Performance on SAT
Study: Marriage Greatly Counteracts Depression
Monday, June 04, 2007
HAHA!! in my case, it was the opposite!!
Study: Earth-Shattering Study: Men Like Good Looking Women
Study:Psychiatrists Least Religious of all Physicians
I saw one the other day that was proving that toddlers had an advantage over chimps. Great, like we wanted to prove that the opposite was true?
I DO NOT get that study on finger length and SATs? How do you come up with that?
the last i heard about finger length was about 10 yrs ago, where they said if your middle finger was shorter than your ring finger, you were more likely to be gay...remember that?
Useless Studies and Research
Studies and research. I've been meaning to write about this for sometime now. It seems that the academia has run out of ideas for conducting studies and/or research that is actually useful. For example the picture shown on the right here is that of a housefly wearing eyeglasses. yep German scientists in Munich managed to fabricate eyeglasses for a fly using microfabrication technologies. Can someone tell me what exactly is the point of this? (Other than that these scientists can make really small things and that they have a dull sense of humor.)
For another example, consider the University of Leuven's study regarding the effect of sex cues on men's decision making. The study revealed that images of sexy women can be distracting to men and can affect their decision making skills. Hello!!! where have these people been for the past......since the beginning of human existence!!!! I mean i could've told'em that. I mean i KNOW for sure that a good-looking women can be a distraction and affect my decision-making skills (briefly). So why was it that they had to conduct a full blown study to actually come up with this common sense style conclusion?
Another study that is similarly absurd is the one from University of North Carolina. This study investigated the link between sexual content in the media and the likelihood of engaging in intercourse at a younger age. The study concluded the obvious; that an increase in sexual content in magazines, TV e.t.c, is strongly correlated to teens having sex at a younger age. Hello! isn't that a given? I mean all their idols and role (super) models are wearing skimpy clothing and talk about nothing other than their sexual encounters..Its only natural for kids to glorify the actions of their role models and to imitate them.
To further prove my point, the May edition of popular science magazine published an article called"Science confirms the obvious!". In this article 10 of the most apparently self-evident studies of recent years are provided. I will list their conclusions in point form.
Combining Alcohol and drugs is bad for you.
Really?
Gun-toting drivers are more prone to road rage. Yeah! I gotta a gun and I'm not afraid to use it, punk! So move your puny Toyota Yaris outta ma way or I will shoot! I will then crush your remains along with that of your malnutritioned car under the wheels of my overly expensive, intimidatingly huge, gas guzzling Hummer.
Too many meetings make you grumpy. Me ? Grumpy? Never.
Faraway objects are tougher to see. Not if you're farsighted....or just stupid.
The Beer-goggle effect is a bona fide phenomenon. Alcohol does not make persons of the opposite sex look more attractive. It just makes one more willing to settle for less.
Swallowing more than one magnet is dangerous. Hmm someone's been combining cocaine and alcohol.
Smoking cigarettes cost you money.
Whoever conducted this study is one lazy son of a bitch.
Memory and Concentration fade with age. Another lazy son of a bitch.
Women like funny men. And it doesn't hurt if they're rich and good looking.
Time flies when you're busy. FOR HEAVEN SAKES.....GET A REAL JOB!!
Honestly all of these studies are not worth the paper they're written on. The fact of the matter is, you have all of these PhD's that want to publish papers in order to get more grants in order to publish more papers (I know because I'm one of them). These papers are like fast-food. They look like research papers, read like research papers and even smell like them but in actuality they are full of shit. I'm done.
I knew you'd love this Mary,copied it from The Tinkerer,
( My Two Cents ),you'll have to go to The Tinkerer's blog to view the fly glasses. Could not get it to copy and paste on here.
Roddy, I love all the examples that you've left, but I couldn't find any of that on tinkerer's blog. I'd like to put the link in my post, can you type the address so I can go find it? Thanks!
And thanks for posting, I thought you had gone back into hiding. :P
"1 in 7 Women Depressed Sometime During Pregnancy, Study..."
...usually when she tries to bend over to tie her shoes... ;-)
LOL, depressed, hysterical, calm, laughing, crying... That study could be 1 in 7 women ______ sometime during pregnancy. Fill in your own blank. LOL
Bounced back on your blog the other day,came back today to include a stupid survey,does it count as a study????
Dr Karl has won a 2002 Ig Nobel Prize for the Belly Button Lint Survey!
Dr Karl was at the Boston event to receive this most prestigious award.
The take-home answer on lint...
You're more likely to have Belly button Lint (BBL) if you're male, older, hairy, and have an innie.
More specifically...
+ You get more BBL as you get older
+ More men have BBL than women
+ Lint colour reflects your skin tone - lint is lighter for light skinned people.
+ Skin type does not affect BBL.
+ BBL appears to be related to hairiness.
+ Too much belly hair, or too little belly hair somehow inhibits the movement of BBL into the belly button.
+ There is no relationship between BBL and a person's overall build.
+ Anecdotal evidence suggests that navel rings dramatically reduce BBL or even remove it altogether.
+ It seems as though the Snail Trail has something to do with BBL levels.
Most of our 4799 respondents heard about the survey from triple j , but we did get worldwide publicity from New Scientist.
Read the in-depth results, check out the piccys, laugh at other people's quotes and be boggled by our bellybutton facts. Find out why we decided to do a bellybutton lint survey or check out a couple of theories on lint production.
I am going to count that as a study. It really explains alot about my husband too .... :P
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