2 replies on “Keeping a diary may be bad for your health”
Hey Danny — this is a really really poor study for several reasons, the most important being that she doesn’t control for, well, anything. Its annoying sometimes that shoddy studies like this one make the news, while so many brilliant, well-designed and conceptualized experiments and surveys are only seen by those in academia.
Well, they’re not looking for useful studies, they’re looking for “gee whiz” studies.
Alright, I admit it, I didn’t even read the thing, I just skimmed a few paragraphs.
Hey Danny — this is a really really poor study for several reasons, the most important being that she doesn’t control for, well, anything. Its annoying sometimes that shoddy studies like this one make the news, while so many brilliant, well-designed and conceptualized experiments and surveys are only seen by those in academia.
Well, they’re not looking for useful studies, they’re looking for “gee whiz” studies.
Alright, I admit it, I didn’t even read the thing, I just skimmed a few paragraphs.