The more beer scientists drink, the less likely they are to have a paper published or cited, according to a new study by Thomas Grim, an ornithologist at Palacky University, Czech Republic.
Grim surveyed the behavior of Czech scientists and found a correlation between amount of beer consumed and papers published.
But the Czech Republic may just be an strange exception, points out a New York Times article; it beats Ireland as having the highest per capita rate of beer consumption in the world.
Or maybe, suggests ornithologist Mike Webster: “Those with poor publication records are drowning their sorrows.”
It probably doesn’t matter if you’re drinking Pabst or Vielle Bon Secours — the study didn’t mention the price of the beer making a difference.
Another study in Denmark (which ranks eighth on the beer consumption list) showed a correlation between high I.Q. and wine drinkers — and low I.Q. and beer drinkers.
Maybe Freakonomics is better read at a wine bar than a pub.
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Is someone drinking their beer with a straw?
I am curious as to what Freakonomics reader is drinking their beer through a straw (in the photo). Obviously not a beer drinker.
Frankly, it looks like a milkshake to me.
Guinness foam being sucked through a straw.
What about the correlation between being uppity and drinking wine?
Looks more like a milkshake than a beer to me.
This could be an easily explained correlation, rather than causation. Perhaps the scientists who are more often published and cited, are better scientists, and thus better paid. These better paid scientists drink more wine and spirits, as a result of their higher income.
Perhaps they’re drinking less beer because they’re better scientists, not better scientists because they drink less beer.
If you look at the average income of a Natural Light drinker, my guess is its far lower than Heineken drinkers. This isn’t because people who drink Heineken get better jobs, its because people who don’t have high paying jobs can more easily afford Natural Light than Heineken.
… top of my head I can think a bunch of OTHER fields which may suffer from alcohol intake.
Funny anecdotal, back in the day (not sure if still the case), Corona beer bottles in colombia carried the following label (loosely translated):
“Warning: excess alcohol consumption can be detrimental for both you AND your family” (implying that you would go back home inebriated, god knows with what intentions).
Gambei!
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