A decade-long study found a small, consistent negative association between cognitive abilities and religiosity that remained stable over time. The research, contradicting the hypothesis that religiosity might buffer against cognitive impairments in the elderly, has been published in the journal Intelligence.
Feels like they’re purposefully gunning for an Ig Nobel with this one.
I think that joke would’ve worked better without the space in the wordplay.
I think they meant this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ig_Nobel_Prize?wprov=sfla1
Yup.
It’s not that I disagree or think the findings are bad. It’s that they’re so obvious that there’s no “there” there.
Like yeah, no shit.
TIL 🤪🤣