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Scientists' Success Or Failure Correlated With Beer

Posted by kdawson on from the malt-does-more-than-milton-can dept.

mernil sends in an article from the NYTimes that casts a glance at a study done in the Czech Republic (natch) on what divides the successful scientists from the duffers. "Ever since there have been scientists, there have been those who are wildly successful, publishing one well-received paper after another, and those who are not. And since nearly the same time, there have been scholars arguing over what makes the difference. What is it that turns one scientist into more of a Darwin and another into more of a dud? After years of argument over the roles of factors like genius, sex, and dumb luck, a new study shows that something entirely unexpected and considerably sudsier may be at play in determining the success or failure of scientists — beer."

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  1. teh goggles... by User+956 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Scientists' Success Or Failure Correlated With Beer

    Oddly enough, that finding carries over to Hookers, as well.

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    1. Re:teh goggles... by space_in_your_face · · Score: 5, Funny

      But it doesn't exactly apply to programmers...

    2. Re:teh goggles... by SL+Baur · · Score: 5, Funny

      I like people who think. I think I'll have another beer.

  2. Re:More fun; Better results! by LinuxDon · · Score: 5, Funny

    I really ought to read TFA more often. The reserve turns out to be true, didn't see that one coming..

  3. Re:More fun; Better results! by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: 5, Funny

    The reserve turns out to be true

    Enjoying a little beer tonight, are we?

  4. Re:what is cause and effect? by TapeCutter · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'll drink to that.

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  5. Re:what is cause and effect? by adpsimpson · · Score: 5, Funny

    Repeat after me:

    Coroloshn...

    Corrorro...

    Corrorashnisnotcausashn.

    There. I sssayed it.

    :)

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  6. Re:Beer, is there anything it can't hurt? by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: 5, Funny

    I like microwave pizza. Does that make me stupid?

    I prefer not to answer that because it is well known that people like you are prone to violence due to your stunted intellect.