Brain Drugs

In a shocking development - "Scientists Back Brain Drugs for Healthy People." Yes, the selfless scientists who are hard at work developing new drugs to alleviate the ills of mankind now believe that the fruits of their labors should be shared by all - not just the sick and hypochondriacal. However; aware that the human mind is a complicated mechanism (though, unfortunately, often out of tune, so to speak), it really isn't safe to simply pass out the pills to all comers. "More Research", say the Researchers. This kind of self-serving claim is so ubiquitous in scientific reports that one wonders if anybody ever does any research for the purpose of learning anything - except to find a need to fund further research.

Some years back, for instance, at a "State of the (San Francisco - ed.) Bay" conference, the Keynote Speaker noted with some dismay that much of the bay's marine life was in precipitous decline. Her proposed solution: "A Major Funding of Research" to find out why. My proposed solution: "Stop Pumping All the Water Out of the Bay".

A noted minister and charlatan who's much given to rhyming platitudes has one that's certainly appropriate in this kind of situation: Avoid The Paralysis Of Analysis. Sometimes we really do know enough to do the right thing, without waiting for yet-another-study.
Sorry for mixing such disparate examples. But it was kinda fun.