[jerf]

I've been noticing a spate of NYT articles lately too that seem to be summed up by "Every Common Sense Thing You Know Is Wrong Because Some Academic Somewhere Ran A Study That Could Be Read That Way." Presumably to be followed up by "Now That Somebody Did Something Different We're Here To Tell You How That Went Wrong, Too".

Maybe it's just that I'm 36 and old and crotchety but is anyone else getting tired of reading the "Every Last Thing Western Civilization Thinks Or Does Is Completely Wrong" article? And I don't just mean the "big issues", but, stuff like this article, too. How you queue up... WRONG. How you drink water... WRONG. How you play on the playground... WRONG. How speed limits work... WRONG.