{"id":165,"date":"2008-08-15T09:22:10","date_gmt":"2008-08-15T16:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/?p=165"},"modified":"2008-08-14T20:26:17","modified_gmt":"2008-08-15T03:26:17","slug":"proving-the-obvious-and-they-call-it-higher-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2008\/08\/15\/proving-the-obvious-and-they-call-it-higher-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Proving the obvious: and they call it “higher learning”"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, being an academic myself, I often find it embarrassing that so many pieces of research are undertaken to prove the obvious. Here is the latest<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For the first time, scientists have proven that “beer goggles” are real – other people really do look more attractive to us if we have been drinking.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well, that certainly is surprising. Some other favorites of mine:<\/p>\n

When close family members have terminal illnesses, the rest of the family has a hard time, too. (Some nursing professor got a government grant to prove this.)<\/p>\n

People who are good-looking have easier lives than other people, all things being equal. (No… say it isn’t so.)<\/p>\n

People whose minds drift while they are reading can’t remember what they read as well as other people. (Well… that certainly explains a lot.)<\/p>\n

Students who do their homework learn better than students who don’t. (I finally figured this out after being graduated from college. Nice to know someone has finally proved it.)<\/p>\n

Depressed people are more likely to commit suicide than un-depressed people. (Maybe they should drink more beer? Those beer goggles would cheer them up.)<\/p>\n

People who exercise regularly and eat a balanced diet are healthier than people who are fat, sedentary, and eat a diet of potato chips and, well, beer. (Darn.)<\/p>\n

And finally, my all-time favorite: men are more likely to watch the entire match in women’s beach volleyball than women. (No beer goggles needed here, but they may enhance the experience anyway.)<\/p>\n

And here’s something I’d like to see researched:\u00a0 Has any man ever committed suicide while watching a women’s beach volleyball game?\u00a0 If not, maybe they should just run that all day, everyday, on the SPIKE channel.\u00a0 If it saves even one life…..<\/p>\n

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