My get rich quick scheme.

I promise the puppy will make sense later.

On with today's lesson.

Lies and Slander

Is generally how i interpret "science" in the news'' especially when they quote new research. Do they have a degree in the subject? NO. Are they in the correct academic circles to praise new research? NO. Do they do it anyway? YUP!.

So when this paper was published, remarking on the dangers of alcohol, it was bound to be picked up and praised by the media. Which is annoying when you consider that the paper's a little flawed. Not massively....Ok somewhat massively. The actual paper rates different abusive substances on several different levels and then creates a rating for them. Alcohol scored higher than Heroine (overall....). But if you analyse the scale you'll find that it only does so because of the supposed increase social effects of alcohol dependence over heroine dependence, which seems a little........stupid? Yeah. stupid.

When was the last time you saw a social heroine addict?

Not to belittle the serious nature of alcoholism. I just think it rates below heroine as destructive.

Anyway.

This prompted me to think "Hey! you can do something similar!!"

The plan brakes down to this:

1. Change the focus of my dissertation research to something more contentious and attention grabbing, something like why people are attracted to other people. Or that intelligence is purely genetic, something like that
2. Do the research, fudge the stats in my favour
3. Inform the BBC of my findings
4. Get Rich
5. Have career where i do REAL research

Anyway.

The lesson for today? Don't believe everything you read/hear in the media. Most likely it's been twisted to sound more exciting than it is.

This has been more ranty than i intended. Apologies. Hence the puppy.