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Content titled "according to science" is inappropriate click-bait, and should not get an audience. The phrase is vacuous (there is no agent called "Science," it
by jknoepfler 10y ago
Content titled "according to science" is inappropriate click-bait, and should not get an audience. The phrase is vacuous (there is no agent called "Science," it would make as much sense as "according to Democracy"), misleading (if we replaced the term "Science" with "a majority of specialists in <relevant discipline>" the phrase changes from vacuous to almost certainly false), and disingenuous (knowing this, a journalist/user posted it anyway).
- mathattack 10y agoYes - like most childcare advice, it would more accurately read "according to someone with something to tell that has a degree with science in the name, no matter how dubious the institution." But who would click on it if there was truth in advertising? Not you or me. :-)
- dang 10y agoIt's just a vapid meme, which hopefully will eventually die off. We took it out of the title above.