IT’S OFFICIAL: OLD MARRIED PEOPLE ARE BORING

The previous story reminded me of research carried out a few years ago by a psychologist in New Zealand who studied the lives of 280 great scientists and found that over two-thirds of them made their greatest contributions to science before the age of 30. After more number-crunching he discovered that great scientists who got married saw an immediate and substantial decline in their creativity. "Scientists rather quickly desist (from their careers) after their marriage, while unmarried scientists continue to make great scientific contributions later in their lives," said Dr Satoshi Kanazawa. His research found similar effects on the creative output of married musicians, painters and writers. Most interestingly, the mind-numbing effects of marriage also hinders criminals, who tend to stop committing crimes after tying the knot, whereas criminals of a similar age who remain single continue in their lives of crime. The doctor theorizes that there is a "single psychological mechanism" which is responsible for both the competitive edge among young men to fight for glory and to gain the attention of women. (ABC News)