There is a ton of value in making scientific ideas simpler. Sagan, Hawking, and plenty of others have done a great job taking complex ideas and distilling them

There is a ton of value in making scientific ideas simpler. Sagan, Hawking, and plenty of others have done a great job taking complex ideas and distilling them down into apt metaphors for public consumption without grossly misrepresenting the ideas. This clickbaity title with a questionable metaphor isn't exactly in the same class. > Of course there should be subtleties mentioned in these articles, but for a headline? I think it's ok to get people excited. Just to disappoint them later? "Amazing thing! Okay, now that we have your attention, here's the boring truth with precious little detail, but you'll see that what we said was technically true or could be in the future." That disappointment was what taught me as a child that people can write anything, it doesn't have to be accurate or true. So I guess some good comes out of it, but it's always been a huge turn off for me.