Men need carbs, women need meat: study

[alias_sqbr]

...on crickets.

*rolls eyes at science 'news'*

I like the findings anyway :D

Comments

[vegetus.livejournal.com]

*facepalm* and here I was thinking the ABC was much better than the commercial news stations...

[alias_sqbr]

Heh. Yeah, reading it I thought "Ooh, vegetus won't like this" :D Still, at least now if you encounter someone going "Ha! Science says women need lots of meat! The ABC says so!" you'll know to go "Pfft. I am not a cricket" :)

[vegetus.livejournal.com]

I liked some of the comments to the article. Whilst I personally don't see why you'd need to do this research on crickets (I'm sure someone who works with crickets could explain it though) the way the findings are written is just sloppy and sensationalistic (is that even a word?).

In addition to saying I'm not a cricket I can also say that I do not want to be particularly fertile right now.

[alias_sqbr]

In addition to saying I'm not a cricket I can also say that I do not want to be particularly fertile right now.

Heh, yes that's true, what if you don't want to increase your output of eggs? :)

[fe2h2o.livejournal.com]

See, I read that as 'Men need cars, women need meat'... and thought it was an odd combination:-)

[alias_sqbr]

You could probably find just as much if not more "scientific" evidence for that hypothesis :)

[lauredhel.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's beautiful. I bow to you.

[alias_sqbr]

Oh, I think a lot of the credit has to go the the ABC :)

[stephbg.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. Cricket >> Human

One small step for science, one giant boing for cricketkind.

[alias_sqbr]

:)

[anxiolytic.livejournal.com]

yeah, I read the title then noticed the content. Whoever edited that news item deserves to be shot.

[alias_sqbr]

Heh, a death penalty for bad science would probably raise standards :)

[infamyanonymous.livejournal.com]

I was thinking about these studies and I want to do one that proves something really dumb, like people with multiple piercings are more likely to be bitten by mosquitoes, or women who grew up with cats are more likely to have daughters and those with dogs, sons.

Just find some correlation and make it seem plausible that they're related. With scientific backing and funding.

[alias_sqbr]

My favourite is that underweight babies are much more likely to live if their mother smokes.

Since if your baby is underweight, then chances are either you smoke (and your baby is underweight but otherwise pretty healthy) or there's something seriously wrong with your kid...