WTF - Idiot Scholars and Baby Killers
So, I've been a little lax the last couple of weeks and TOTALLY forgot about posting for WTF Day (which is every Tuesday by the way). That's not to say that I haven't seen or read something every day that has made me go "What the f*ck?!?!". But once again, when I need a story quick, I turn to old reliable, Chuck Shepherd.
So, do you ever wonder what kind of scholarly findings all that moolah that goes to Scientific Research actually pays 4? Well, here U go:
Recent scholarly findings (reduced to their essence in a May Wall Street Journal column): It's much easier to identify someone if he is physically near you than if he is up to 450 feet away (Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, February). People who choose their careers carefully, rather than on a whim, experience greater job satisfaction (Journal of Economic Psychology, vol. 26, no.3). College students tend to drink more alcoholic beverages than they realize (Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, April). If patients voluntarily tell a doctor about a bad side effect of a medicine, they are more likely to be switched to a safer one than if they don't (Archives of Internal Medicine, January). [Wall Street Journal, 5-27-05]
And these people are supposed to be smart. Next they'll be telling me that if I get punched in the face by a man bigger than myself, chances are, it's gonna hurt. Christ.
And if that wasn't bad enough, here's this little story about some dumb ass kids in Texas:
Gerardo Flores, 19, was convicted of murder in June in Lufkin, Texas, in the death of the 5-month-old fetus of his girlfriend, Erica Basoria. Flores admitted that he had stood on Basoria's stomach several times at her request to induce a miscarriage, but Basoria had told authorities that she had also punched herself in the stomach several times. Under Texas law, killing a fetus is a capital offense, and so Flores automatically received a life sentence, but Basoria could not be charged because of her constitutional right to abortion. [Washington Post-AP, 6-6-05]
There are SO many things wrong with that, I don't even know where 2 begin. Suffice it 2 say, I scratch my head and go ...
"What the f*ck?!?!"
So, do you ever wonder what kind of scholarly findings all that moolah that goes to Scientific Research actually pays 4? Well, here U go:
Recent scholarly findings (reduced to their essence in a May Wall Street Journal column): It's much easier to identify someone if he is physically near you than if he is up to 450 feet away (Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, February). People who choose their careers carefully, rather than on a whim, experience greater job satisfaction (Journal of Economic Psychology, vol. 26, no.3). College students tend to drink more alcoholic beverages than they realize (Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, April). If patients voluntarily tell a doctor about a bad side effect of a medicine, they are more likely to be switched to a safer one than if they don't (Archives of Internal Medicine, January). [Wall Street Journal, 5-27-05]
And these people are supposed to be smart. Next they'll be telling me that if I get punched in the face by a man bigger than myself, chances are, it's gonna hurt. Christ.
And if that wasn't bad enough, here's this little story about some dumb ass kids in Texas:
Gerardo Flores, 19, was convicted of murder in June in Lufkin, Texas, in the death of the 5-month-old fetus of his girlfriend, Erica Basoria. Flores admitted that he had stood on Basoria's stomach several times at her request to induce a miscarriage, but Basoria had told authorities that she had also punched herself in the stomach several times. Under Texas law, killing a fetus is a capital offense, and so Flores automatically received a life sentence, but Basoria could not be charged because of her constitutional right to abortion. [Washington Post-AP, 6-6-05]
There are SO many things wrong with that, I don't even know where 2 begin. Suffice it 2 say, I scratch my head and go ...
"What the f*ck?!?!"
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11:38 AM
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