When you think about the ridiculous prices they charge for a piece of plastic, it makes perfect sense. Competition is virtually non-existant. I assume the same goes for the frames used for prescription glasses.
@ Splint Chesthair sick of it as you may me, I thought that that point was particularly apt in this case. There are so many other mediating variables that may contribute to these results (many excellent examples of which were provided by the people above) over and above the position of one's bellybutton, and I am extremely sceptical that one's center of gravity lies at their bellybutton.
Don't be so quick to assume that I am a "two-bit pseudoscientist". I have 2 psychology degrees under my belt, I'm currenlty doing a masters degree, and I am pretty down with statistics and regressional analyses. I am intimately familiar with the scientific method, having conducted a number of intensive studies myself.
Don't underestimate the importance of people's tendency to imply that correlation infers causation. After all, there is a very high correlation between using suncream and drowning at the beach. Should that mean that I should conclude that one may be the cause of the other, or should I consider other possible extranious variables such as, say whether of not it is a hot day and how many people visit the beach?
@ SuperCrap I think you raise some excellent points. Look up stereotype threat and you will find a social psychological theory that fits in quite nicely with yours.
Not being a perfectionist does not make you a slacker.
@ indiestonerkid When they talk about perfectionism causing anxiety, I believe that mental illness could be included in that statement. Generally perfectionism is most highly correlated with anxiety disorders, especially OCD but also general anxiety disorder, panick attacks, phobias etc... and also anorexia and bulimia, which isn't an anxiety disorder, but is highly correlated with both perfectionism and OCD.
@ Cola Symbiosis? I can't see how the cow benefits.
I still likes my dairy though. I'm getting my wisdom teeth out tomorrow so it looks like I'll be having a lot of dairy in the next few days - smoothies, yogurt, ice cream etc...
Humans are unique in that most of us produce lactase in our digestive system into adulthood, the enzyme that allows us to digest the lactose that is contained in milk. Almost every other species of mammal is lactose intolerant in adulthood, losing their ability to properly digest milk once they are weened.
The ability to produce this enzyme into adulthood would have been an advantage over those who were unable to produce it a.k.a. lactose intolerance, as it allowed people to gain valuable nutrients and energy from animal milk.
Those of us who can digest milk are able to do so today because we inherited the ability to produce this enzyme from our ancestors, who had an evolutionary advantage over those who couldn't.
So what better counter argument against the whole "we aren't supposed to drink milk" argument than the fact that we evolved the ability to drink milk over thousands of years? The only people who shouldn't be drinking milk are lactose intolerant people.
Show me an academic that doesn't employ the use of spell check when writing a paper. I also misspelled ’be’ and ‘currently’.
However I happened to have written that comment about 3 hours after having my wisdom teeth out, and I was still a bit drugged up.
sick of it as you may me, I thought that that point was particularly apt in this case. There are so many other mediating variables that may contribute to these results (many excellent examples of which were provided by the people above) over and above the position of one's bellybutton, and I am extremely sceptical that one's center of gravity lies at their bellybutton.
Don't be so quick to assume that I am a "two-bit pseudoscientist". I have 2 psychology degrees under my belt, I'm currenlty doing a masters degree, and I am pretty down with statistics and regressional analyses. I am intimately familiar with the scientific method, having conducted a number of intensive studies myself.
Don't underestimate the importance of people's tendency to imply that correlation infers causation. After all, there is a very high correlation between using suncream and drowning at the beach. Should that mean that I should conclude that one may be the cause of the other, or should I consider other possible extranious variables such as, say whether of not it is a hot day and how many people visit the beach?
@ SuperCrap
I think you raise some excellent points. Look up stereotype threat and you will find a social psychological theory that fits in quite nicely with yours.
@ indiestonerkid
When they talk about perfectionism causing anxiety, I believe that mental illness could be included in that statement. Generally perfectionism is most highly correlated with anxiety disorders, especially OCD but also general anxiety disorder, panick attacks, phobias etc... and also anorexia and bulimia, which isn't an anxiety disorder, but is highly correlated with both perfectionism and OCD.
Symbiosis? I can't see how the cow benefits.
I still likes my dairy though. I'm getting my wisdom teeth out tomorrow so it looks like I'll be having a lot of dairy in the next few days - smoothies, yogurt, ice cream etc...
The ability to produce this enzyme into adulthood would have been an advantage over those who were unable to produce it a.k.a. lactose intolerance, as it allowed people to gain valuable nutrients and energy from animal milk.
Those of us who can digest milk are able to do so today because we inherited the ability to produce this enzyme from our ancestors, who had an evolutionary advantage over those who couldn't.
So what better counter argument against the whole "we aren't supposed to drink milk" argument than the fact that we evolved the ability to drink milk over thousands of years? The only people who shouldn't be drinking milk are lactose intolerant people.
And how many days a year do women spend doing the household chores than men?
Married men live much longer than single men, so maybe being nagged about their health could be saving their lives.
It be Winter where I am.