An Emptied Flask Makes for Empty Promises
source: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/08/vodkagoals/
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The results of this study are not really a surprise, but at least there is proof now. If I had a dollar for every time I have decided to pursue lofty goals while drunk and yet didn't follow through with them, well, I'd have enough money to follow through with those goals.
From the article...
After four vodka tonics, you might feel determined to conquer fear and finally tell your married co-worker that you’ve been in love with her for years. But the next morning, not so much.
It may seem obvious to most of us that drunken promises don’t mean much, but apparently two German researchers weren’t so sure. Using 60 undergrads as guinea pigs, they designed a randomized control trial to test the effects of alcohol on a person’s commitment to unrealistic goals.
“People may indicate being determined to reach their goals after having consumed alcohol,” wrote the researchers in the August edition of the Journal of Abnormal Psychology, “but once sober again, they do not walk the talk.”
From the article...
After four vodka tonics, you might feel determined to conquer fear and finally tell your married co-worker that you’ve been in love with her for years. But the next morning, not so much.
It may seem obvious to most of us that drunken promises don’t mean much, but apparently two German researchers weren’t so sure. Using 60 undergrads as guinea pigs, they designed a randomized control trial to test the effects of alcohol on a person’s commitment to unrealistic goals.
“People may indicate being determined to reach their goals after having consumed alcohol,” wrote the researchers in the August edition of the Journal of Abnormal Psychology, “but once sober again, they do not walk the talk.”
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