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Wednesday, April 19, 2006

The Least Surprising Scientific Result of the Year

From a report at BBC.com:

"Catching sight of a pretty woman really is enough to throw a man's decision-making skills into disarray"

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1 Comments on "The Least Surprising Scientific Result of the Year"
Maybe the finding is unsurprising, but testing hypotheses (even so-called "no-brainers") remains an integral part of science. Without testing with empirical evidence our subjective biases would be left unchecked... Felid @ Sun Apr 23, 09:09:00 AM EDT: Post a comment

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