One of my pet peeves is some of the stupid things people get grant money to study. Planet Moron (don't you just love the name of this blog) has an hilarious piece on this subject:
oh, sure, it seems obvious now but that’s only because you know the result
In yet another piece of scholarly work sure to turn conventional wisdom on its head, a study published last week suggests that attractive young college students have more sex than those who aren’t so attractive.
Which really explains a lot personally but that is a subject best left to my other blog, “All About Me and Cats And People Who Are, Like, Mean for No Reason,” voted “Most Whiny Personal Diary Blog” of 2005. (Thanks everyone!)
Dr. Eva S. Lefkowitz of the Pennsylvania State University conducted the study under a grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHHD) which already this year published groundbreaking research that found that binge drinking, the use of tobacco and illicit drugs, and sexual activity are all greater for adults than they are for children. ("These trends are quite stunning," principal investigator Kathleen Mullan Harris observed.) [READ IT ALL HERE]
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