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Pink, Blue, and Bad Science

Posted by kdawson on from the drawing-conclusions-out-of-inappropriate-orifices dept.

DocDJ writes "Ben Goldacre writes an excellent column in The Guardian called Bad Science, which regularly demonstrates how poor the mainstream media are at reporting science. He recently pointed out the flaws in the reporting of research that purported to show the evolutionary basis of 'blue for boys, pink for girls'." Another Guardian writer, Zoe Williams, has an even more acerbic take on the research.

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  1. Re:Pink is like 'pussy' by Tribbin · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Djeez.

    The summary mentions an article about how boys and girls prefer some colours over others.

    So it made me think about this funny piece from a great movie.

    Whoever rated that offtopic is a humorless... thing.

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  2. OMG PONIES!!!!1!!!1! by Tatisimo · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Shouldn't this article be tagged omgponies?

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