It never fails to amaze me the money we as a society waste on studies. All the time I come across articles on the web citing a "new study" that shows something blatantly obvious. Like this one about women buying sexier clothes while ovulating. Really? When your hormones are going nuts, you're more likely to do something sexy? This is like saying "Women more likely to engage in sexual activity while drunk" or "Men most likely to engage in life threatening danger between the ages of 18-24. We paid scientists actual money to study these things? Why? Why do we need to confirm something that's basic knowledge?
Also frustrating is the study that finds something obvious, but attributes it to a byproduct. Something like "Video Game Playing linked to Obesity." The study will go on to show that kids who play 4 hours of video games a day are 25 times more likely to be obese than kids who play for 30 minutes or less. The video game has nothing to do with the chubbiness, the sitting inside and not engaging in outdoor activities has everything to do with it. I hate studies like that. Don't blame video games for your kid being fat, blame the fact that he's too lazy to pick up a basketball and go play a game of horse with the skinny kid down the street.
This ends my rant of the day. I feel much better now.
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