Comments on: No duh: Drinking doesn’t help with studies

By: steph

steph — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:48:51 +0000

You’re right – students who abuse alcohol generally don’t believe that their habits affect their lives. But then this is probably an indication that they’re too stupid to get good grades even if they didn’t abuse alcohol. How interested are they in their education?

By: Chris Brady

Chris Brady — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:15:56 +0000

Seth I can assure you the study was not paid for out of stimulus funds since our governor has not released those funds yet. As my title suggests I think this is a fairly obvious and likely unnecessary study…if it weren’t for the sad fact that so many students DON’T believe that their drinking habits are effecting their lives. Sometimes we need a “no duh” study to make it clear to the more thick headed amongst us what they should have realized all along.

By: Seth

Seth — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:42:34 +0000

Geez, did they pay for this study out of Stimulus money? I’m an admirer of your work, and I have friends who went to PSU and others who worked there years ago. As such, I have great respect for the institution. But this is an absurd study to have even conducted. It puts into question the validity and usefulness of any out-of-the-box research, and undermines the efforts of serious academics everywhere that struggle to get funding for their projects.