How does scientificamerican.com know how reliable I think eyewitness accounts are? Why do people and publishers use that line? It can't be accurate and I find

How does scientificamerican.com know how reliable I think eyewitness accounts are? Why do people and publishers use that line? It can't be accurate and I find it presumptuous and offensive. It's a form of emotional click bait. "You don't want to be wrong about something do you?? Click Here!" A nice calm "a lot more reliably than commonly believed" would be better.