Posted by
Ed Lilly on Friday, April 04, 2008 10:11:34 AM
Wise words in that title from ESPN radio host and football analyst Mike Golic in response to George Will's latest column in Newsweek on the new book Your Brain on Cubs:
Yes, rooting for the Cubs is a minority taste because it is an interminable tutorial in delayed gratification, but "there is some evidence that being in the majority (everyone loves a winner) reduces reflective thinking."
"The scientific literature," Grafman says, "suggests that fans of losing teams turn out to be better decision-makers and deal better with divergent thought, as opposed to the unreflective fans of winning teams."