The state of science reporting has been absolute dog shit for decades. The vast majority of the time when you track down the study an article is based on, the claims of the article are either massively exaggerated, or sometimes even completely different than what the article claims. It seems like a whole industry of taking fairly mundane studies and punching them up into some exciting pieces of short fiction. So many years of garbage reporting has me immediately skeptical of any article with a bold claim, or which mentions any kind of significant breakthrough.
Coffee cures cancer… no, it causes cancer… it cures cancer, but only when drank with half a tablespoon of wine… but wine causes cancer… no cures it… no it does both but only with chocolate… chocolate cures cancer… no it causes cancer… no it… and so on and so forth…
This half-assed, sensationalistic reporting of studies that are completely insignificant outside of a specific case in their respective fields causes so much harm when it comes to the trust of people in science.
The state of science reporting has been absolute dog shit for decades. The vast majority of the time when you track down the study an article is based on, the claims of the article are either massively exaggerated, or sometimes even completely different than what the article claims. It seems like a whole industry of taking fairly mundane studies and punching them up into some exciting pieces of short fiction. So many years of garbage reporting has me immediately skeptical of any article with a bold claim, or which mentions any kind of significant breakthrough.
Coffee cures cancer… no, it causes cancer… it cures cancer, but only when drank with half a tablespoon of wine… but wine causes cancer… no cures it… no it does both but only with chocolate… chocolate cures cancer… no it causes cancer… no it… and so on and so forth…
This half-assed, sensationalistic reporting of studies that are completely insignificant outside of a specific case in their respective fields causes so much harm when it comes to the trust of people in science.