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I hate stories about science written by non-scientists. See http://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/II_09.html http://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/II_09.html
by mirimir 7y ago
I hate stories about science written by non-scientists.
See http://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/II_09.html http://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/II_09.html
- dang 7y ago"Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- mirimir 7y agoJust to be clear, I was referring to the article, and not to the research it reported on. But yes, point taken. I should have explained my criticisms of that particular article, rather than being generally dismissive of science reporting by non-scientists. I could have said that I found the article to be confusing and misleading. About our understanding of the atmosphere's electrical potential, and about the particular research reported. But I just made a snide comment, and pointed to the Feynman lecture.