Thursday, July 12, 2012

Duh Science

Psychologists Discover Links Between Angry Thoughts and Displaced Aggression in Male Gang Affiliates
The research, concluded that angry rumination could be the psychological path that links gang affiliation to displaced aggression. In other words, if rumination did not occur, displaced aggression might be reduced in gang affiliates.
Seriously.  You take yourselves seriously...

And here, this psych nonsense has now been debunked too.

The Eyes Don't Have It: New Research Into Lying and Eye Movements
"A large percentage of the public believes that certain eye movements are a sign of lying, and this idea is even taught in organisational training courses. Our research provides no support for the idea and so suggests that it is time to abandon this approach to detecting deceit" remarked Watt.