The odd man hypothesis

The odd man hypothesis claims that unmarried men make better and more logical decisions than any other category including unmarried women. Yesterday, while watching House, a counterexample was provided. Forman (unmarried man), a doctor who works for House, has feelings for 13 (unmarried woman), who also works for House. Unfortunately, 13 has Huntington's disease and she has enrolled in a clinical trial for a medicine designed to treat the symptoms of Huntington's where some people are on the drug and some are on placebos. Forman is the head researcher and accidentally realizes that 13 is on the placebo, meaning her condition may get worse and she may die sooner than later. At the end of the show, it can be seen that Forman switches the medications so that 13 can get the actual drug. This decision is illogical because he is helping one person while compromising the validity of the entire trial, which could negativly affect many more people. Of course, it is possible that the writer of the show is a married man, in which case the hypothesis would still hold. Just another thing TV can teach us.