Scientists prove that scientists really need girlfriends

I'm sure everyone remembers the infamous, age old question asked by such philosophers as Socrates and Machiavelli: "How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll Pop?" Well, as for the Tootsie roll center question, Purdue did an experiment utilizing a "licking machine" they invented to simulate the human tongue, and they discovered it took an average of 364 licks to get to the center of a tootsie pop. Using human subjects, the study determined it took an average of 252 licks. Not willing to let Purdue be the "decider", Michigan State then conducted its own experiment and determined that their customized licking machine took 411 licks to get to the center. What does all of this evidence tell us? Scientists at Purdue and Michigan State really need to get girlfriends.

So, I'm kind of at a crossroads of what to be more concerned about. That these institutions took a great deal of resources to answer this "age old" question, or that they both invented "licking machines" to do so.

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