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Who says Czech scientists have a drinking problem?
- brent 18y agoEssentially a dupe. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=140808 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=140808
- zitterbewegung 18y agoLooks like an Ignoble prize in the making.
- silentbicycle 18y agoSo, he's observing that there is a strong correlation between scientists drinking a lot of beer and publishing less / being cited less. Causation does not necessarily go in either direction (spending a lot of time in bars could lead to less time in the lab, continual failure to get published could drive them to drink, or both, or there could be a third variable), but I can't say the results are surprising.
- Zev 18y agoThat was (briefly) mentioned at the end of the article.
- lawrence 18y agoThis is my favorite headline ever.
- ulvund 18y ago"O God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains!"
- ojbyrne 18y ago"For those of us from the United States, drug and alcohol testing in the workplace is the norm." I don't think that's true, especially since they're talking about university professors.