William Atkins
Sunday, 05 October 2008 20:10
Science -
Health
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The St. Louis Today article “
Sleep study Down Under overstates the obvious” states that Lushington’s study
“overstates the obvious,” as the title suggests.
The article mentions that Lushington wants children to get more sleep and a better and deeper sleep.
It states,
“Which is a lovely thought, but wholly unrealistic, because kids are kids and they cling to technology like dust on a Swiffer. And more important, they’ve been doing it for decades.”
Then, the article adds,
“It’s an uwritten rule of teen life to defy our parents’ expectations, particularly those attached to sleep, diet and exercise. You’d think researchers would know this already — especially the ones with teenage children — and spend their study time and dollars more wisely.”
This is true, researchers should know this, and they do. However, if researchers don’t study such
“obvious” things, then such obvious things are never really scientifically proven to be true.
In such cases, they are only something that is talked about by everybody next to the office water cooler, over a soccer game, or at a weekend party.
Please read page three for why obvious is still important in the world of science.
