W. Bruce Cameron - A Touching Story About Paint

I am in favor of any government-funded scientific study that proves me right. The ones that imply I might somehow be wrong, however, are probably based on flawed methodology and are certainly a waste of money.

Take, for example, a recent experiment where a “wet paint” sign was taped to a wall that was painted with a glossy finish so that it appeared that it might be wet paint. In point of fact, the paint was dry, so the sign was sort of a really poor practical joke.

The purpose of the experiment was to see how people would react to a “wet paint” sign under such circumstances. If, for example,...