07.03.07
From the John Madden School for the Obvious
Amy and I have a running joke that when someone states the obvious that they are making a “John Madden” observation. It’s not that I don’t like John Madden, but often his commentary is a simple regurgitation of the patently obvious (”after a play like that, you just have to pick up the ball and keep pushing forward”).
So in that spirit, I want to know why we needed researchers to tell us this:
Video Games May Divert Kids From Homework: Playing video games may mean spending less time reading or doing homework, according to new research on video games and children.
How is this newsworthy? Did we really need scientific research to prove this? Is John Madden now performing scientific research?
