Did this really need to be STUDIED?

[guardians_song]

Smokers' brains biased against negative images of smoking

What's next? "Liberals' brains biased against negative depictions of liberalism"? "Conservatives' brains biased against negative depictions of conservatism"? "Gourmets' brains biased against negative images of food"? "Athletes' brains biased against negative images of sports"?

I like neurology and studies on how the brain behaves, don't get me wrong, but sometimes I have to wonder if some neurologists have ever interacted with human beings. People don't like to be told that pleasurable activities are bad for them, even if said activities are highly harmful? WHAT A SHOCK!

...Seriously, I expect to see "Study finds that bears frequently defecate in the woods" in the headlines any idea now. I would not put it past some Captain Obvious researchers to actually investigate that.

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[lliira]

There were also studies quite a while ago that show that everyone responds very poorly to many anti-drug messages. The "this is your brain on drugs" ads that were everywhere when I was a kid, with the brain as an egg being fried or smashed or etc., are the most notorious for this. Along with the D.A.R.E. program being found to actually make kids more likely to try drugs. So I really don't know what the heck the point of this study was.