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If they wrote Organic Molecules people wouldn't know what to think either, when it comes to clickbait, this is quite off-white area still. > NASA confirms pred
by mxfh 8y ago
If they wrote Organic Molecules people wouldn't know what to think either, when it comes to clickbait, this is quite off-white area still.
> NASA confirms predicted levels of organic carbon in martian soil and long term measurements help scientists identify possible cyclic releases of methane on mars
This is a general public press release (besides being 80 characters to long for a HN news headline), not a scientific paper. Also NASA's existence is quite directly releated to how many people think it's important. As long as science need PR to get funded, this type of headline and artistic renderings are the lessest of all evils.
- dogma1138 8y agoPredictable levels of organic material then. I understand why they are doing it I just don’t think this one was very appropriate title, especially considering the content and the average “layman” who will read a NASA press release directly.
- mxfh 8y agoWould potentially live enabling matter be precise enough? I just think the adjective organic alone is too overloaded with all kinds meaning. Even organic molecule is just historic and obsolete when it comes to being descriptive.
- dogma1138 8y agoI kept organic because NASA used it. While this is a broad press release this isn’t exactly for TMZ I wouldn’t mind say PopSci running this story with a title saying “NASA confirms expected levels of Carbon on mars and discovers new phenomena that may indicate life”. The title they chose was simple not well it’s meh. They tied a “simple” adjective to a more complex term as in Ancient Organic Material and Mysterious Carbon that’s the clickbaity part and it’s not even that good as a clickbait as you said.
- Angostura 8y ago> Even organic molecule is just historic and obsolete when it comes to being descriptive. Why so?