"Scientists have identified neural pathways that appear to influence an individual's willingness to work hard to earn money. Scans showed differences between 'go-getters' and 'slackers' in three specific areas of the brain." Also worth noting: "For many, the term 'slacker' is personified by Jeff Bridges' character 'the Dude' in the 1998 film The Big Lebowski. The new research suggests that Lebowski's desire to remain unemployed and spend much of his time bowling could partly be down to brain chemistry."

“Excused from the tired, vain, arbitrary business of being a man, he can concentrate instead on being human.” —Here are some current theories from the field of Lebowski studies.

Honestly, I like The Big Lebowski as much as anyone-it's my favorite Coen Brothers movie, and that's saying something, because I even enjoyed that Billy Bob Thornton haircutting movie-but can we give it a rest with all the "Dude worship"? Some of you people are worse than Trekkies.