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Barry's avatar

while the longevity association with reading is interesting, it has a high probability of being only that, an association with no causal arrow. I suspect that there are other factors which are causing both such as socioeconomic status.

David Nir's avatar

Skinner: Well, I was wrong; the lizards are a godsend.

Lisa: But isn't that a bit short-sighted? What happens when we're overrun by lizards?

Skinner: No problem. We simply release wave after wave of Chinese needle snakes. They'll wipe out the lizards.

Lisa: But aren't the snakes even worse?

Skinner: Yes, but we're prepared for that. We've lined up a fabulous type of gorilla that thrives on snake meat.

Lisa: But then we're stuck with gorillas!

Skinner: No, that's the beautiful part. When wintertime rolls around, the gorillas simply freeze to death.

BayPoodle's avatar

My passion for novels and mysteries is justified! And I’m going to read that whole article so I can bring it up when my teenager moans about reading books being “pointless”!