Scientific theory of the day: According to some new research, moderate doses of caffeine can make one more easily convinced by arguments that go against ones beliefs. While the researchers say it works with two regular cups of coffee, I think further laboratory experimentation will show that two Irish coffees will work even better when you’re trying to convince people with arguments that go against their beliefs.




June 6th, 2006 at 1:49 pm
For us hard-core coffenistas, just withholding that second cup of the day could make us do most anything.
June 6th, 2006 at 4:56 pm
So that’s why they always encouraged coffee drinking in Sunday School.
June 6th, 2006 at 9:43 pm
Barbara, and here I was holding back on making some comment about Bill Frist. You win.
June 7th, 2006 at 9:41 am
Juries drink a lot of coffee.