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05 Jan 2011, 9:37 pm

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookou ... und-gossip

IMO, this sounds like a lot of BS backed up by more poorly conducted research.

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05 Jan 2011, 10:35 pm

I won't bother pointing the errors in this expiraments scientific method.


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06 Jan 2011, 1:08 am

Well I am unable to even read an abstract for the paper, the popular science article which the OP's link is to does not explain much about how the study was done. I fear that if they do not have a control group then the study is meaningless.


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06 Jan 2011, 5:50 pm

I have my doubts about the legitimacy of this particular study, but if it's true, that'd be quite nice. Gossips in elementary school turn into gossips in high school, and at that point, it gets really, really annoying.