I ♥ science.
It fills our life with joy. Sure, sure, the Fark thread on Enzymatic analysis of a rhomboid intramembrane protease made me smile, but science is so much more than that. It helps explain how life works. Why, just today, this nugget was returned from what I can only assume is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Muppet Labs:
...While high-testosterone participants showed better learning in response to anger faces, they were unaware of the fact that they learned anything in the first place and unaware of what kind of faces had reinforced their learning.
[U-M psychology researcher Michelle] Wirth, the lead author of the study and now a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, added: "Better learning of a task associated with anger faces indicates that the anger faces were rewarding, as in a rat that learns to press a lever in order to receive a tasty treat. In that sense, anger faces seemed to be rewarding for high-testosterone people...
For the non-science people out there, let me explain in even simpler terms: I kick your cats across the room and this lovely little squinty eyed expression of pure hatred forms on your face a brief moment before you smile (because you realized you hate that fucking cat too). That expression is like gold. I likes it. It is a highlight in my normally dismal day. If I point out that it's not your dress that makes you look fat, it's your hips, and you make that face, you damn well know I'm going to bring up something else you don't like. Action, reaction. Cause and effect. "We are all victims of causality."
Now, I have some people to make angry, I will say adieu and goodbye. (Unless you're on my list of people to make angry... in that case, I'll see you soon. :)