That article is my favorite nominee for both most misleading headline on a science story and the Mark Twain Science Award for special achievement in the science media representing the greatest return of conjecture out of such a trifling investment of fact.
As to explaining it to your colleagues, I don't think anyone is going to think there is any great prurient interest in a pile of credit card receipts which is as close as these researchers got to viewing porn. Rick Dr. Rick Froman, Chair Division of Humanities and Social Sciences John Brown University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 [email protected] ________________________________________ From: Mike Palij [[email protected]] Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 9:16 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Cc: Mike Palij Subject: [tips] Really, I'm Doing Research! A somewhat interesting article about who are the biggest consumers of internet porn is summarized in the "New Scientist" at: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16680-porn-in-the-usa-conservatives-are-biggest-consumers.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news or http://tinyurl.com/b6q4yc though the source article appeared in "Journal of Economic Perspectives". Main point: conservatives seem to like the internet porn more than liberals. For me, the most interesting thing about this research is how one explains it to one's colleagues. -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
