Beer and Science

Some Czech ornithologist recently published a study that correlates the consumption of beer with scientific output:

"According to the study, published in February in Oikos, a highly respected scientific journal, the more beer a scientist drinks, the less likely the scientist is to publish a paper or to have a paper cited by another researcher, a measure of a paper’s quality and importance. (...read more)"

i was happy when a friend sent me a link with a response to this (worrying!) study. as a beer consumer AND a scientist, i think it's worrying enough that beer is fattening, you don't need to add to it the stress that comes from not being able to publish your work. the combination of overweight, alcohol and stress may induce heart problems. and who needs that?!?
in short, it says -

"careful reading and analysis of the original published work led to an easy debunking of the silly notion reported in the press that somehow beer drinking was bad for scientific performance. (...read more)"

Cheers!!