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All true - my complaint here was that the article went from "Here's a correlation that might indicate causation" to "This is the cause". Science journalism, I
by ergothus 7y ago
All true - my complaint here was that the article went from "Here's a correlation that might indicate causation" to "This is the cause". Science journalism, I know, but still, if we don't call it out, will it ever improve?
I don't think the study was a bad thing at all (from my limited understanding), but the article was...a poor representation of it.
- hundreddaysoff 7y agoYou're not wrong. But the point of the press release was not to convey understanding. It was likely a PR vehicle for the scientists and thus for the university. The ultimate goal is for all of them to make more money. Paul Graham's essay "The Submarine" is quite instructive here.