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Very cool. Another nothing burger anomaly being reported on by a journalist who desperately wants to push the narrative that it will change the entire field so
by jovial_cavalier 6y ago
Very cool.
Another nothing burger anomaly being reported on by a journalist who desperately wants to push the narrative that it will change the entire field so you will click on the article.
I've gotta set up filters for "new particle", "unexplained signal," and "potential breakthrough."
- ojnabieoot 6y agoWolchover is a great scientific journalist and I can't think of a less clickbait-y headline than the one provided. Please set up the filters and take your ignorant bitterness elsewhere.
- jovial_cavalier 6y agoGreat X Journalist is an oxymoron. Journalism has no art to it. It's a simple algorithm > find a story you can contort into something interesting > interview an "expert" for two hours so you can quote mine one sentence about how remarkable the story is > Publish bullshit article, wait for ad revenue Maybe this story isn't bullshit, but when your only quote is from a guy who -- by your own admission -- was uninvolved with the research, and all he has to say is "this could maybe be significant," you don't really have a story, do you? It's not Wolchover that I object to, it's the incentives that are set up to make her subtly overstate the importance of anything she has to cover (disclaimer: I don't know any of her other work). 95% of journalism should be book-keeping. Dryly reporting the quantitative results of research. The fact that she has a quote like that suggests to me that she was digging to make it something more. I don't think that's her fault; it's just her job. But I have to call it out when I perceive it.
- vdersar1 6y agoyou do know that quanta is run by a non-profit. if you want book-keeping go to arXiv. pretty pathetic that you're this upset