Last week, a specific news story made the ‘usual rounds’ on the blogs as well as the traditional media. There are dozens of examples of it; here’s NPR’s take. The gist is that, according to a specific study, males speak close to as many words a day as females do, shattering the preconceived notion of women being chatterboxes. Continuing yesterday’s theme of misleading statistics, here’s a counterpoint to the well-received study. Continue reading ‘Talk is Cheap’