This week’s Impressively-Complicated-Chain-of-Logic Press Release of the Week implies that playing video games might cause Alzheimer’s disease. Or, more precisely, it says that no one has ruled out the possibility that playing video games causes or might cause Alzheimer’s disease. It’s complicated. McGill University issued the press release, which says: “For more than a decade now, […]
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Logic Puzzle: How many logic assumptions in this press release?
This week’s Expert Logic Puzzle is simple. How many leaps of faith are necessary to make a sturdy chain of logic that ties together the parts of a single press release? Count the number of logic assumptions in the text of the press release [to see the entire press release, click on the link]. Start point of the chain […]
PR headline: “Can HIV Be Transmitted Via Manicure Instruments?”
This week’s PRESS RELEASE HEADLINE OF THE WEEK is: Can HIV Be Transmitted Via Manicure Instruments? The headline gleams atop a press release from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., Publishers, dated November 10, 2014. The meat of the press release, the lead sentence of its culminating paragraph, is: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers is a privately held, fully integrated […]
PR headline of week: “Attractive Men Have Less Nasal Bacteria”
This week’s Press Release Headline of the Week is from a press release pumped out for the American Journal of Human Biology: Beauty & Bacteria: Slim, Attractive Men Have Less Nasal Bacteria than Heavy Men (Thanks to investigator Erwin Kompanje for bringing this to our attention.) BONUS: For students with a strong mental stomach: Read […]