Comments on: How to get your project in the news around the world: say that women are a bit crap at something http://www.vaginadentatablog.net/archives/42 Careful she bites Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:11:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Annalee Newitz http://www.vaginadentatablog.net/archives/42/comment-page-1#comment-60 Annalee Newitz Sun, 30 Aug 2009 01:22:46 +0000 http://www.vaginadentatablog.net/?p=42#comment-60 Couldn't have said it better myself. This is typical of lazy science journalism, which tries to pique interest by extrapolating a grand lesson out of some tiny study.<br /><br />My favorite flavor of this kind of bullshit is when a researcher will do a study of mice or voles and EVERY SINGLE story about the study will say, "And the fact that male voles fight over mates tells us a great deal about why men need to yell a lot." Actually, no, vole behavior does not shed light on how men behave when they watch telly. Couldn't have said it better myself. This is typical of lazy science journalism, which tries to pique interest by extrapolating a grand lesson out of some tiny study.

My favorite flavor of this kind of bullshit is when a researcher will do a study of mice or voles and EVERY SINGLE story about the study will say, "And the fact that male voles fight over mates tells us a great deal about why men need to yell a lot." Actually, no, vole behavior does not shed light on how men behave when they watch telly.

]]> By: James http://www.vaginadentatablog.net/archives/42/comment-page-1#comment-51 James Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:40:27 +0000 http://www.vaginadentatablog.net/?p=42#comment-51 I won a prize for archery at the Kingussie Highland Games when I was about eleven. Game on? I won a prize for archery at the Kingussie Highland Games when I was about eleven. Game on?

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