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No, what you're encountering is the rift between new-media science bloggery and the real rate of scientific progress. In new-media science land, a university
by lvs 10y ago
No, what you're encountering is the rift between new-media science bloggery and the real rate of scientific progress. In new-media science land, a university news office press release is akin to a solved problem. Antibotics? Done! Quantum computing? Solved! Room temperature superconductors? No problem!
The press releases are abominations compared to the underlying research, and the new media companies are embellishing even further for clickbait. It's shameful because it's not reality, which means it's a close cousin of lies.
Will progress be made? Yes, but until then global medical systems and agricultural sectors need to use sound antibiotics guidelines to avoid a looming catastrophe. No press release crap is saving patients who have MRSA right now!
- noam87 10y agoJust yesterday (msn). Headline: "Not a Drill: SETI Is Investigating a Possible Extraterrestrial Signal From Deep Space" Actual SETI website statement: "The chance that this is truly a signal from extraterrestrials is not terribly promising, and the discoverers themselves apparently doubt that they’ve found ET." The media reported literally the opposite. At this point you're better informed not following the news, if you don't have the time to dig for yourself. What hope does Average Joe have of having any clue wtf goes on in the world?
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- xkcd-sucks 10y agoI mean, it is a signal of extra-terrestrial origin...
- skykooler 10y ago...or terrestrial interference, or something wrong with the telescope. Without even one other station reporting the signal, it's most likely something local.