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Chocolate Consumption, Cognitive Function, and Nobel Laureates (2012) [pdf]
- jgg 13y ago...this is meant to be funny, right?
- lambda 13y agoYes. http://www.statschat.org.nz/2012/10/12/theres-nothing-like-a-good-joke/ http://www.statschat.org.nz/2012/10/12/theres-nothing-like-a...
- greenyoda 13y agoYes, but unfortunately, a lot of the "serious" studies reported in newspapers every day seem to follow the same formula: find an accidental correlation between two causally unrelated variables and say you've found an amazing new result.
- jgg 13y agoWell... http://www.forbes.com/sites/larryhusten/2012/10/10/chocolate-and-nobel-prizes-linked-in-study/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/larryhusten/2012/10/10/chocolate... http://healthland.time.com/2012/10/12/can-eating-chocolate-help-you-win-a-nobel-prize/ http://healthland.time.com/2012/10/12/can-eating-chocolate-h...
- stretchwithme 13y agoMaybe smarter people are more able to afford chocolate.
- 001sky 13y ago"The present data are based on country averages, and the specific chocolate intake of individual Nobel laureates of the past and present remains unknown."
- okonomiyaki3000 13y agotl;dr - should I be eating more chocolate?
- CoffeeDregs 13y agoIf the question is "chocolate", the answer is "yes".
- nickbauman 13y agoThis is a joke, right?
- dylandrop 13y agoYeah, look at the footnotes at the end: "Dr. Messerli reports regular daily chocolate consumption, mostly but not exclusively in the form of Lindt’s dark varieties"
- samstave 13y agoFeeling smugly smart as I sit here easter morning eating chocolate with my kid for breakfast!
- aioprisan 13y agoIt was published in the "Occasional Notes" section of the journal, not as a scientific article.
- gaelow 13y agocorrelation does not imply causality