http://mindhacks.com/2008/02/27/you-dont-say/ Neuroscience and psychology news and views. Sun, 19 May 2013 06:21:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://mindhacks.com/2008/02/27/you-dont-say/#comment-6829 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:50:06 +0000 http://mindhacksblog.wordpress.com/2008/02/27/you-dont-say/#comment-6829 One of the possible solutions to the problem of media reports on scientific discoveries with its poor language and concepts borrowed from popular culture and fiction, is to require sceintific qualification to any journalist, or create an hybrid: an intermediate journalist and scientist carrer in universities and faculties.

]]> http://mindhacks.com/2008/02/27/you-dont-say/#comment-6828 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:52:52 +0000 http://mindhacksblog.wordpress.com/2008/02/27/you-dont-say/#comment-6828 Most pop science articles starting with “Brain scans reveal…” are usually uninformative. This one is no exception.
You’re selling the article a bit short though. The main idea seems to be that the reason why addiction likelihood varies between people seem now to be better understood, or so do the researchers think. Not that article gives much insight into that, beyond “In effect, the drug messes with what is colloquially known as willpower – with some maybe more vulnerable than others.” Yawn.

]]> http://mindhacks.com/2008/02/27/you-dont-say/#comment-6827 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:04:06 +0000 http://mindhacksblog.wordpress.com/2008/02/27/you-dont-say/#comment-6827 LOL
(chop chop snort)
(chop chop snort)
ROTFL

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