Scientists announce water may be wet

[elfs]

Someone needs to fire the publicist. Today's really, really dumb headline comes from Science Daily, a press-release mill that spews out tons of entries every day, almost none of which are worth reading, but still I scan the headlines once in a while. But when you read "Brain May Hold Clues To Bipolar Disorder" you have to wonder: what else? Where else would you expect to find clues to a brain disorder? The pancreas? The left toe?

Comments

[abostick59.livejournal.com]

The asshole holds clues to many disorders of the personality.

[mundens.livejournal.com]

When I read the headline, I thought it meant a particular Brain...

Vel's response:

[norikos-author.livejournal.com]

<velvetwood1> Don't be ridiculous. Everybody knows there's a tiny, coded Manual to Bipolar Disorder implanted just behind the appendix. It contains everything there is to know about it, and everything you might could 'find' elsewhere in the body is simply a carefully planted falsehood. _Duh._

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

[firecat]

Mothers used to be blamed for most people's mental disorders; they were thought to be problems of upbringing.

I recently read an article exploring the theory that autism is a gastrointestinal condition, because many autistic people also have severe gastrointestinal disorders. I also read an article discussing that a gene was found in autistic people that affects both the brain and the gastrointestinal system.

Science is sometimes about studying what seems to be obvious, just to make sure it actually is what we think it is.