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> Why the need to bring aliens into it? If the cynic in me wants to assume the copy-editor who was tasked with coming up with the title skimmed the article, sa
by chias 6y ago
> Why the need to bring aliens into it?
If the cynic in me wants to assume the copy-editor who was tasked with coming up with the title skimmed the article, saw the phrase "and found it had an extraterrestrial source", and interpreted the wrong definition for "extraterrestrial".
- boomboomsubban 6y agoThinking an editor made an honest mistake isn't a very cynical outlook. Average cynicism would assume the editor knew the difference and played up the angle as clickbait, hardcore cynics would assume the editor changed something like the radio waves "originated off planet" to "were extraterrestrial" to force click bait in.