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Scientific Research That Could Have Been Avoided

Posted by Zonk on from the water-is-wet-fire-is-hot dept.

indian_rediff writes "An article from Friday's Wall Street Journal (reprinted in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) details how some of the research being done by scientists ends up simply stating the obvious. Their observations make for some interesting and hilarious reading." From the article: "Want job satisfaction? A 'careful choice of career is the key,' researchers concluded in a paper this spring in the Journal of Economic Psychology. Choosing a career based on a well-lubricated encounter at a bar, it turns out, may not be the most promising route to career satisfaction. People who choose their jobs carefully are more likely to be satisfied with them than those who take a flying leap into the great unknown."

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  1. Not really a bad thing.. by Prophetic_Truth · · Score: 5, Funny

    It gives someone the oppurtunity to look at the scientist and state: "THANK YOU CAPTAIN OBVIOUS!"

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  2. This just in... by alphapartic1e · · Score: 5, Funny



    Scientific research shows that scientific research could have been avoided.

    Ugh, now my head hurts. I have to go lie down.

  3. Re:A subtle distinction... by fubarific · · Score: 5, Funny
    Columbus screwed up his calculations by using incorrect conversions for units of distance and thought that the trip was feasible.
    It's a shame that we didn't find some sort of wonderous new planet when NASA mixed up metric and imperial...