Comments on: NCBI ROFL: Sorry Pedobear, science proves drinking is no excuse. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2010/05/20/ncbi-rofl-sorry-pedobear-science-proves-drunk-is-no-excuse/ Sat, 11 May 2013 22:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Miles Stevenson http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2010/05/20/ncbi-rofl-sorry-pedobear-science-proves-drunk-is-no-excuse/#comment-21959 Miles Stevenson Fri, 21 May 2010 17:37:02 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=9470#comment-21959 A couple of things come to mind in response to this post, keep in mind that I'm not trying to dismiss any finding or suggestion. 1) How many studies like these have been performed? 2) What kind of controls were in place for this study? How do we know that the males were not over-estimating age simple because they knew they were taking part in a study and being watched? Even people under the influence of alcohol can change their behavior and choices due to outside influences. A couple of things come to mind in response to this post, keep in mind that I’m not trying to dismiss any finding or suggestion.

1) How many studies like these have been performed?
2) What kind of controls were in place for this study? How do we know that the males were not over-estimating age simple because they knew they were taking part in a study and being watched? Even people under the influence of alcohol can change their behavior and choices due to outside influences.

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