> why would anyone even bother publishing this garbage? If by "this garbage" you mean this goofy blog post, then that's a good question. But note that goofy bl

> why would anyone even bother publishing this garbage? If by "this garbage" you mean this goofy blog post, then that's a good question. But note that goofy blog posts abound. The article published in Royal Society Open Science doesn't even mention "popularity". That's just this goofy blog post's clickbaity take on it, and basically unrelated to the actual study.