Dang and I bet I fall for this shit all the time. Everyday there is some break through science story.

She didn't look very angry to me.

Oh snap!!

the last like 20 seconds of that was cute/hot..

I wanna girl like that. =]

Brunet and hot librarian glasses? Where do I sign up!

Should someone *femme this?

Invocations (femme) cannot be called by lampishthing because lampishthing is not privileged - sorry.

And this is why I truly hate mainstream media now... especially the 'mass market' shit.

We have a free 'newspaper' here in Melbourne called the MX, which is basically just a bunch of things also printed in the shlock newspaper The Herald Sun along with even more trite and ridiculous 'stories'.

What stopped me reading it mostly though was that every page has AT LEAST one 'study' that makes some bold new claim about how something we've been doing for years is bad for us/good for us/used to be thought of as bad, but is now good/will make us more attractive to opposite sex

And so on and so on.

Except they are such small and condensed snippets you can't get a hold on whether the science behind the study is good or whether the finding is correctly reported... AND even more often the case, you find that it's a 'study' paid for by some company with a vested interest 'Study says that more people are finding meaningful relationships online' (says study funded by online dating site. 'Study says that using mouthwash with ethanol not a danger as previously thought' (says study funded by Listerine) and so on and so on.

It's infuriating and makes people distrust science more and more.

Sad

Yeah thats a super lame report on an rather inconclusive study.

On an other note, I'm always so confused at why guys gush over Rebecca Watson. People say well she is cute because shes a science nerd and she is funny. But listening to the skeptic guide, one finds shes not really on the ball as far as science goes, she has about the same level of understanding as someone halfway through first year sciences at university.

Ive seen pictures on their web site of her with a periodic table shower curtain, but I would bet money that she doesn't half of the uses of it ( electronegativity, atomic radius). And as far as funny goes, she provides the most palm to forehead lame jokes than anyone else (not funny lame either). I mean, I know alot of girls who are much smarter and funnier, couldn't the skeptics have found one too?

I don't know, she is a good blogger, maybe I'm being too hard on her. Maybe sooner or later I'll see the light, but for now...

And her shirt is soooo lame; there are probably already tons of symbiotic relationships going on in her pants... Parasitic! oh snap.

It's a shame the BBC replaced the old story so people can't see just how messed up it was. One of the other details they completely pulled out of their ass is that the blondness can come from a bottle and will still make women all "warlike".

Journalism? Full of shit??

UNPOSSIBLE!!

That's why I don't ever listen to studies or statements that generalize a group of people. If even one blonde/attractive woman does not act like a "Warrior Princess" the whole statement is false. I NEVER believe any of that crap.
Except for the statement "All women are crazy". That one's true.

BBC has a habit of changing the name of the link to suit the story better, rather than removing them both all together, or posting an appropriate story and link combo in the first place. I think it has more to do with ratings than much else, or some sort of contractual obligation to have it remain on their world news page no matter what. The sad thing is, BBC will still be my most trusted news source, as its the least of many evils IMO.