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from my experience, when science stories that go viral turn out to be wrong it's some secondhand reporting by people misunderstanding or misrepresenting the act
by tekmate 7y ago
from my experience, when science stories that go viral turn out to be wrong it's some secondhand reporting by people misunderstanding or misrepresenting the actual firsthand report
- kortilla 7y agoThe replication crisis says otherwise.
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- dwaltrip 7y agoBoth of those phenomenona are common. They aren't mutually exclusive.
- BurningFrog 7y agoThat's definitely also a factor.
- jsight 7y agoI tend to agree, and this article is no different. Articles often report the underlying research in misleading ways.