Who says Czech scientists have a drinking problem?

Essentially a dupe.<p><a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=140808" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=140808</a>

Looks like an Ignoble prize in the making.

"For those of us from the United States, drug and alcohol testing in the workplace is the norm." I don't think that's true, especially since they're talking about university professors.

So, he's observing that there is a strong correlation between scientists drinking a lot of beer and publishing less / being cited less.<p>Causation does not necessarily go in either direction (spending a lot of time in bars could lead to less time in the lab, continual failure to get published could drive them to drink, or both, or there could be a third variable), but I can't say the results are surprising.

This is my favorite headline ever.

"O God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains!"