Who says Czech scientists have a drinking problem?

Essentially a dupe.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=140808

Looks like an Ignoble prize in the making.

"For those of us from the United States, drug and alcohol testing in the workplace is the norm." I don't think that's true, especially since they're talking about university professors.

So, he's observing that there is a strong correlation between scientists drinking a lot of beer and publishing less / being cited less.

Causation does not necessarily go in either direction (spending a lot of time in bars could lead to less time in the lab, continual failure to get published could drive them to drink, or both, or there could be a third variable), but I can't say the results are surprising.

That was (briefly) mentioned at the end of the article.

This is my favorite headline ever.

"O God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains!"