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(1) Win an Academy Award and you’re likely to live longer than had you been a runner-up. | |||
(2) Interview for medical school on a rainy day, and your chances of being selected could fall.. | |||
Such are some of the surprising findings of Dr. Donald A. Redelmeier, a physician-researcher and perhaps the leading debunker of preconceived notions in the medical world. | |||
In [http://www.causeweb.org/wiki/chance/index.php/Oscar_winners_do_not_live_longer Chance News "Oscar Winners do not live longer] we discussed how the Academy Award claim was debunked first by Peter Doyle and Mark Mixer and then by [http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/news/item/?item_id=21645 here] | In [http://www.causeweb.org/wiki/chance/index.php/Oscar_winners_do_not_live_longer Chance News "Oscar Winners do not live longer] we discussed how the Academy Award claim was debunked first by Peter Doyle and Mark Mixer and then by [http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/news/item/?item_id=21645 here] |
Revision as of 18:13, 3 September 2010
Think the Answer Clear? Look Again
The New York Times Science
by Katie Hafner
August 30, 2010
The article starts with
(1) Win an Academy Award and you’re likely to live longer than had you been a runner-up.
(2) Interview for medical school on a rainy day, and your chances of being selected could fall..
Such are some of the surprising findings of Dr. Donald A. Redelmeier, a physician-researcher and perhaps the leading debunker of preconceived notions in the medical world.
In Chance News "Oscar Winners do not live longer we discussed how the Academy Award claim was debunked first by Peter Doyle and Mark Mixer and then by here