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Duh! The 13 Most Obvious Findings of 2013
« on: December 30, 2013, 08:32:32 AM »

http://www.livescience.com/42178-obvious-science-findings-2013.html

1.  The Western diet is bad for you
2.  Sleeping beauty is no myth
3.  Racists are closed-minded
4.  Morbid alert! Hanging is bad for the heart
5.  Cheating men have strong sexual urges
6.  Shy teens find friends online
7.  Take smaller bites, eat less
8.  Umbrellas protect you from the sun
9.  People buy more fruits and veggies when they are cheaper
10. Bad relationships depress people
11. Reality TV skews reality
12. Drugs and driving don't mix
13. Women find musicians hot
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Re: Duh! The 13 Most Obvious Findings of 2013
« Reply #1 on: December 30, 2013, 08:43:38 AM »
Our tax dollars at work.
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Re: Duh! The 13 Most Obvious Findings of 2013
« Reply #2 on: December 30, 2013, 08:44:42 AM »
14. It's all Fistful's fault.
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Re: Duh! The 13 Most Obvious Findings of 2013
« Reply #3 on: December 30, 2013, 09:41:12 AM »
Quote from: RoadKingLarry on December 30, 2013, 08:43:38 AM
Our tax dollars at work.


Got proof all were funded by tax dollars?
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Re: Duh! The 13 Most Obvious Findings of 2013
« Reply #4 on: December 30, 2013, 11:55:50 AM »
Quote from: charby on December 30, 2013, 09:41:12 AM
Got proof all were funded by tax dollars?
Does it have to be "all" for RKL's comment to be considered on target?
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Re: Duh! The 13 Most Obvious Findings of 2013
« Reply #5 on: December 30, 2013, 12:04:20 PM »
Quote from: adively on December 30, 2013, 08:32:32 AM
http://www.livescience.com/42178-obvious-science-findings-2013.html

1.  The Western diet is bad for you
2.  Sleeping beauty is no myth
3.  Racists are closed-minded
4.  Morbid alert! Hanging is bad for the heart
5.  Cheating men have strong sexual urges
6.  Shy teens find friends online
7.  Take smaller bites, eat less
8.  Umbrellas protect you from the sun
9.  People buy more fruits and veggies when they are cheaper
10. Bad relationships depress people
11. Reality TV skews reality
12. Drugs and driving don't mix
13. Women find musicians hot
I question the validity of #1. Life expectancy seems to indicate otherwise.
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Re: Duh! The 13 Most Obvious Findings of 2013
« Reply #6 on: December 30, 2013, 12:13:12 PM »
Quote from: Zardozimo Oprah Bannedalas on December 30, 2013, 12:04:20 PM
I question the validity of #1. Life expectancy seems to indicate otherwise.

By "western diet", I'm fairly sure they mean "American diet". Life expectancies are higher in Europe and Japan than they are here, for instance, and they don't exactly eat a western diet in Japan.

I don't expect the lower life expectancies elsewhere in the world would suddenly rise if only they'd eat more fried food and sugar, but are more likely tied to standards of medical care available, levels of violence, availability of any good food, etc.
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Re: Duh! The 13 Most Obvious Findings of 2013
« Reply #7 on: December 30, 2013, 12:33:59 PM »
Quote from: HankB on December 30, 2013, 11:55:50 AM
Does it have to be "all" for RKL's comment to be considered on target?

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Turns out, the cliché is true, according to a study published in January in the European Journal of Personality. There's good news, though: Online friendships boosted shy teens' self-esteem, which prompted them to find more friends both online and offline.

Doesn't sound like Americans working on that one.

Some of the other journals were popular magazines, not scientific journals.
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Re: Duh! The 13 Most Obvious Findings of 2013
« Reply #8 on: December 30, 2013, 02:19:23 PM »
Quote from: RoadKingLarry on December 30, 2013, 08:43:38 AM
Our tax dollars at work.


If it is tax dollars you can be pretty sure there is no "work" going on.

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Re: Duh! The 13 Most Obvious Findings of 2013
« Reply #9 on: December 30, 2013, 06:48:07 PM »
Quote from: charby on December 30, 2013, 09:41:12 AM
Got proof all were funded by tax dollars?


And the 14th most obvious study of 2013 found that anything stupid the government might have "invested in," they probably did.  =)
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Re: Duh! The 13 Most Obvious Findings of 2013
« Reply #10 on: December 30, 2013, 06:51:48 PM »
Quote from: charby on December 30, 2013, 09:41:12 AM
Got proof all were funded by tax dollars?

Got any proof they weren't?
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Re: Duh! The 13 Most Obvious Findings of 2013
« Reply #11 on: December 30, 2013, 08:54:28 PM »
Quote from: RoadKingLarry on December 30, 2013, 06:51:48 PM
Got any proof they weren't?

I asked the question first.
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Re: Duh! The 13 Most Obvious Findings of 2013
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