The Slate Star Codex blog has a curious essay called “Beware The Man of One Study“. Here’s how it begins: Aquinas famously said: beware the man of one book. I would add: beware the man of one study. For example, take medical research. Suppose a certain drug is weakly effective against a certain disease. After […]
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People who are agreeable are more agreeable than people who aren’t
Many psychology* studies study volunteers who have agreed to be studied. Those studies do not study anyone else. How universal, you might wonder, are the findings those studies report? This Research Digest essay, about a study about studies of people who agreed to be studied, points out that people who are agreeable are more agreeable […]
Unanticipated use and value of cigarettes: Endurance training
Cigarettes are useful for different purposes. Perhaps the best purpose is suggested in this study: “Cigarettes may be useful for distance runners?!? (or, How to prove anything with a review article),” Last winter the Canadian Medical Association Journal published a fascinating article by Ken Myers discussing the (as-yet unexamined) benefits of cigarette smoking on endurance […]
The Association for Graveyard Studies
The Association for Graveyard Studies takes a scholarly approach to graveyards and the contents thereof. Their official word on themselves: The Association for Gravestone Studies (AGS) was founded in 1977 for the purpose of furthering the study and preservation of gravestones. AGS is an international organization with an interest in gravemarkers of all periods and […]