Wednesday, July 09, 2014
ShockedShocked of the decade
An article described for some strange reason as "science":
Psychologists at the University of Bonn are amazed by the severe deficits caused by a sleepless night. ... Twenty-four hours of sleep deprivation can lead to conditions in healthy persons similar to the symptoms of schizophrenia. This discovery was made by an international team of researchers under the guidance of the University of Bonn and King's College London.AMAZED? DISCOVERY? Mystics and monks have known this for thousands of years. Interrogators have used it for hundreds of years. Shift workers and procrastinating students also know it, though perhaps in a less systematic way. The only amazing thing is that these "scientists" thought their "discovery" was worth writing up, and that their editors and reviewers agreed. ¶ 4:49 AM
