Pushing back the frontiers of knowledge

Yet another surprise result from the world of academic research. The Daily Wail has a story [1]—being the Wail, it naturally comes with illustrative examples—explaining why Scarlett Johanssen and Marilyn Monroe (among others) are popular among about 50% of the population. Quoth the Wail,

Petite, leggy women with big busts are the most sexually attractive, study reveals

I know, it was news to me, too.

But I managed to muster two responses to the thought that someone got paid to do this research. Firstly, he could've just gone down the pub one Friday night. But secondly, and more importantly, why am I mucking about with quantum fields?

[1] I, um, spotted it while reading an entirely un-related article about abortion. Honest, squire.