Thread: Vital research. ......not

It's the height of rudeness in Germany, to be late for anything. Their trains run on time like you wouldn't believe. I wonder if the percentage of watch wearers is higher there? I hope someone funds a study to see if there is a correlation between race, punctuality and watch wearing. It would be interesting to know what percentage of Ethiopian refugee watch wearers were late for dinner....I'm drawing a blank on Google.

.. I've always wondered about the interplay between language (sound of it as well as the grammar) and 'national personality'.
Yes, it is a 'Chicken-or-the-egg' question !

On the other hand, there is a growing realization that too much 'Research' is .. well, BS, with Medical Science being over-represented...

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2...d-bad-practice

and here.... http://www.wakingtimes.com/2015/08/0...is-fraudulent/

But, if someone s cunning enough to gain funding exploring descending beer-bubbles, then Good Luck to them !

It might seem stupid, but this is one of the ways we collectively grow knowledge.
What we learn may not always be correct (humans make mistakes).
Sometimes people may fudge data (we hope they are honest though).
Sometimes it will seem silly on face value...
But somewhere, the research findings may be taken a little further, interrogated in a different way, and potentially, something awesome may be found.

This is science. Keep your collective heads in the sand and return to a cave if you can't accept that great knowledge comes from dedicated research.

Originally Posted by cripesamighty

I remember someone telling me while I was at uni that some funding had been approved at their parent uni for working out why Guinness bubbles went down not up. I always thought that had a touch of genius about it for a research topic if it actually turned out to be true!

if you had put this post up on 1st April .........

.....there is now going to be rush of people buying some Guinness just to see for themselves.

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

.....there is now going to be rush of people buying some Guinness just to see for themselves.

I just had a few cans and couldn't see which way the bubbles went, now I'm having trouble seeing the cans.

Just did a quick search and found these. Looks like lots of different types of researchers (Chemists, Physicists and Mathematicians) had the same idea - and got funding too. Now that's worth going to uni for!


Scientists confirm phenomenon of falling beer bubbles
[1205.5233] Why do bubbles in Guinness sink?
Irish mathematicians explain why Guinness bubbles sink (w/ video)

What about people like me who wear unreliable watches?
I once heard a scientist say that people who are always running late are Adrenalin junkies, getting off on the thrill of the race to the appointment.
Cheers. Billy.