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The flip side of this is that scientists are terribly difficult people to get to not hedge their statements. It's just a consequence of the scientific mindset
by smacktoward 7y ago
The flip side of this is that scientists are terribly difficult people to get to not hedge their statements.
It's just a consequence of the scientific mindset -- scientists are aware that today's results are always provisional, someone may come along tomorrow with a new discovery that overturns them. So they tend to avoid making definitive statements like saying something applies to all things, or that some thing is, favoring less definitive statements like something applies to some things, some thing may be, etc.
- krumpet 7y agoI would prefer something similar to, "Test of single plastic teabag shown to release billions of microplastics and nanoplastics". Accurate without overpromising.
- krumpet 7y agoIt's worth noting the first statement in the actual report reads, "Plastic teabags release billions of microparticles and nanoparticles into tea"