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Chris Best's avatar

“Bromeopathy” had me in stitches

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Matt_410's avatar

Wow, I had no idea this was a thing. I'm both amused and disturbed. You are such a good writer, Stuart. How are you cranking out smart, thorough essays this quickly? Please don't burn yourself out.

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Stuart Ritchie's avatar

Far too kind! I'm planning for next week's one to be a tiny bit shorter.

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Bill O'Brien's avatar

I might be wrong, but is Tucker showing us the size of his tool? He seems so insecure.

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Stuart Ritchie's avatar

That might have been a factor in my choice of this specific image...

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Ben's avatar

That paper where rats are exposed to constant light vs light:dark cycles is going to seriously mess with their circadian clocks. I suspect that it’s the effect on the clock that produces whatever effect they claim, and that’s not located anywhere near the testicles.

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Stuart Ritchie's avatar

A very good point. But with work of this quality level, I expect they were a million miles away from considering alternative explanations.

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Dave Samson's avatar

The nurse who applied the UV light to the scroti may have had something to do with it, and may have cheered the poor guys up.

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H.E. Negash's avatar

did you try the experiment yourself? if so, anecdotal feeling(s)?

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