Keep up, Guardian…
Posted on Jan 22 2007 | Tagged as: The Stupid, Media, Science
From today’s G2:
The Question
Is today the worst day of the year?It is, according to Dr Cliff Arnall, a psychologist with a taste for self-publicity. His formula, taking in six factors - weather, debt, time since Christmas, time until pay day, low motivation and failure to keep new year resolutions - has been wheeled out for the past few years to calculate the most depressing day of the year. And since today is that day, wipe that smile off your face and remove that spring from your step.
Only “Dr” Cliff Arnall isn’t a doctor. And he is a proper crank, as Mr Mickel pointed out nearly a year ago.
Mark Twain needs to be adapted for a world of information overload. Not “A lie can travel halfway round the world while the truth is putting on its shoes,” but “nobody gives a toss if truth’s evenin the race.”
on 22 Jan 2007 at 9:44 pm 1 Gary said …
It’s been all over the papers and radio stations today. Essentially its just a lazy way of filling space, and as long as they do that, Dr. Cliff will be happy to churn out his cod-”science” on a regular basis.