By now, you’re bound to have seen the widespread news reports about a study that suggests using a laptop computer on your lap could affect your fertility–assuming you’re male, that is.
This story was on the front page of the newspaper yesterday, which made me a bit self-conscious as I sat in the coffee shop yesterday afternoon with, yes, my laptop balanced on my lap.
But there’s something weird about this study. They had the volunteers sit with their thighs together and there’s reference to having to sit that way to balance a laptop–which is nonsense. You don’t sit with your thighs together, you sit with them slightly apart. To balance a laptop effectively, you want your knees spread a bit. And not only that, but the laptop doesn’t sit right on top of the pertinent bits of anatomy, not unless you’ve got really short arms. You can’t type with it that close to your body.
So I’m not particularly worried about this particular bit of news.
Besides, I’ve already reproduced; in evolutionary terms, I’m a success!
