that was my impression as well. -robert On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 8:49 AM, Deanya Lattimore <deanyalattimore@gmail.com

wrote:

Here'e the study itself, downloadable - http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2155864

It's hard to say anything about a study that doesn't say anything. The researchers do everything that researchers do these days who want their studies to become public and picked up by the media; in this way, the media draws its own conclusions that the researchers themselves are too cautious to draw.

I think this one deserves to be put up for an Ig Nobel. :-) Deanya

On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 9:20 PM, nativebuddha <nativebuddha@gmail.com>wrote:

...

Wondered what others thought about the validity of these findings:

http://www.wired.com/business/2013/01/self-control-and-facebook/

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