Let's play: Scientific study title proves common sense

I'll give a made up title of a scientific study and you guess which common sense/folk wisdom/proverb it proves. Everyone can play.

Purpose-deficient investigation correlated with increased risk of feline mortality?

Curiosity killed the cat.

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Scientific study highlighting the inversely proportional relationship between the degree of one's happiness and one's amount of knowledge.

Ignorance is bliss.

Ignorance is bliss.

@MikeGosot said:

@Dourin said:

Ignorance is bliss.

It's actually, the less you know, the happier you are.

I was gunning for "Ignorance is bliss".

@MikeGosot: Eh, same thing, really.

@MikeGosot said:

@Dourin said:

Ignorance is bliss.

It's actually, the less you know, the happier you are.

I was gunning for "Ignorance is bliss".

Scientists prove that gravity is real. Dumb person still thinks it's not real. "you can't prove it's gravity and not something else."

Also, this is the worst forum game ever. What the fuck.

Next round: In diurnal avian groups, the top 1% of light-sensitive individuals consumes 40% of the group's daily consumption of non-anthropoid invertebrate animals.

@MikeGosot said:

@FluxWaveZ said:

@MikeGosot said:

@Dourin said:

Ignorance is bliss.

It's actually, the less you know, the happier you are.

I was gunning for "Ignorance is bliss".

Oh. MINE MAKES MORE SENSE! *cries*

Same thing.

@FirebirdINF said:

Next round: In diurnal avian groups, the top 1% of light-sensitive individuals consumes 40% of the group's daily consumption of non-anthropoid invertebrate animals.

Er... the rich prosper while the poor get poorer?

@FirebirdINF said:

Next round: In diurnal avian groups, the top 1% of light-sensitive individuals consumes 40% of the group's daily consumption of non-anthropoid invertebrate animals.

early bird catches the worm

@pyromagnestir: bingo!

So many big words...head hurts.

A novel indication technique for the highlighting of redundant data in growing bodies of social information, for the purposes of future data elimination and heightening of social data integrity.

Take a guess OP :P

Test subject Mick Jagger shows extreme adverse reaction to the proposition of Plantae Bryophyta acquisition.

@ShaggE said:

Test subject Mick Jagger shows extreme adverse reaction to the proposition of Plantae Bryophyta acquisition.

A Rolling Stone gathers no moss?

This is actually pretty amusing in a weird nerdy sorta way.

@Patman99 said:

@ShaggE said:

Test subject Mick Jagger shows extreme adverse reaction to the proposition of Plantae Bryophyta acquisition.

A Rolling Stone gathers no moss?

Nailed it. Mick Jagger kinda gave it away, but I couldn't pass up the pun. :P

I suck at this stuff, but it would be really cool if the OP (@FirebirdINF) collected the questions and answers from everyone and included it in the main post.

@ShiftyMagician: something to do with mining ? hmmnnnnnnn damn you

@envane said:

@ShiftyMagician: something to do with mining ? hmmnnnnnnn damn you

I'll be honest and say I'm cheating here as I was not referencing a common sense phrase. I was merely poking fun with the OP and the study title basically amounts to 'IMMA FLAG YOU'. To be clear, the title translates to 'Flagging you so that it will be removed in the future, reducing forum clutter', where forums can be seen as bodies of social information.

Also to be honest I did flag this and regretted it momentarily after. This thread has good merits to get people thinking even if there is no initial discussion value. I hope the mods don't lock this as I've grown to like it. If I could unflag an item I certainly would do it. There's probably some logical reason from the engineers as to why there is no ability to take back a flag, but it's a shame I cannot flip some boolean variable back.

To contribute properly, here's one:

Understanding the application of various techniques found in various aves relating to the acquisition of lumbricus terrestris during early morning scenarios.

@ShiftyMagician: damnit .. i was working hard ont hat one .. hehe ...

otherwise , how is this bad for off-topic?

@envane said:

@ShiftyMagician: damnit .. i was working hard ont hat one .. hehe ...

otherwise , how is this bad for off-topic?

If I had continued to think the way I did before, I would have argued that since there isn't enough content on the OP to warrant a discussion it should be locked. However I had a change of thought as this would be a neat geeky way to get dudes thinking and having a little bit of internal forum fun. I wouldn't be surprised if a mod still locked the thread under my previous thought, but I hope it doesn't.

@ShiftyMagician: if thats the early bird gets the worm then i think you did it wrong , hopefully its just me thats wrong eheh ..

I clicked on this expecting stupidity.

I got pounds of nerdy awesome.

"Resume your location of preferred reclination and discontinue in your contribution to this dialogue"

@envane said:

@ShiftyMagician: if thats the early bird gets the worm then i think you did it wrong , hopefully its just me thats wrong eheh ..

Probably did hehehe. Yes it was 'early bird gets the worm' though I didn't form it specifically as the phrase on purpose. I always thought a study title would also include some form of action to be done on a certain thing or scenario. Wouldn't put it past me to not phrase things properly at times.

A Study on Laughter : Long-Term Analysis proving Direct Correlation between Sequence and Duration

or how about , a research paper on "the disproportionate value perceived by bird watchers versus bird owners"

Defiance from domesticated equine: an indepth study of the psychosocial behavior expressed when brought to bodies of water

I tried.

@Xymox: Throwing a shitty pet horse to an ocean will make you crazy. LOGIC.

Hefty nominee for forum thread of the year: jus' sayin'.

@Xymox: You can bring a horse to water but you can't make it drink?

@Bogitt said:

@Xymox: You can bring a horse to water but you can't make it drink?

Ha, there you go.

Conclusive economic report on the value and viability of midday consumption of food and beverage lacking immediate associated financial compensation.

A good scientific study title shouldn't be worded like these :p

"A formal study to reconfirm the accepted societal non-significance of carelessly placed dairy products and how humans emotionally react".

@Scooper said:

"A formal study to reconfirm the accepted societal non-significance of carelessly placed dairy products and how humans emotionally react".

don't cry over spilled milk?

@envane said:

A Study on Laughter : Long-Term Analysis proving Direct Correlation between Sequence and Duration

or how about , a research paper on "the disproportionate value perceived by bird watchers versus bird owners"

He who laughs last, laughs longest? Though isn't the phrase actually "laughs best"?

A bird in the hand beats two in the bush? Although it's not the perceived, but actual value.

@Brodehouse said:

Conclusive economic report on the value and viability of midday consumption of food and beverage lacking immediate associated financial compensation.

There's no such thing as a free lunch?

Fun thread.

@Xymox said:

@Scooper said:

"A formal study to reconfirm the accepted societal non-significance of carelessly placed dairy products and how humans emotionally react".

don't cry over spilled milk?

Boosh!

Dissertation on the Theory of Cardio-Residential Coincidence

Studies show: Lager lapped prior potent potables yields prodigious puke.

More alliterative than scientific, but what the hell.

@SpheriQ said:

Dissertation on the Theory of Cardio-Residential Coincidence

Home is where the heart is.

@jaycrockett: yeah i dunno .. i like to think i was close enuff

@mikeeegeee: beer then grass youre on your ass ? hehe

A study of the corellation between demonstration and it's illustrative qualities in comparison to the spoken word.

The earth is flat because I say so!

@Akrid: a picture is worth a thousand words ? :)