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You're assuming it's the scientists making these grand claims. Unfortunately it's often the case the scientists will make some small claim with lots of caveats,
by _Wintermute 5y ago
You're assuming it's the scientists making these grand claims. Unfortunately it's often the case the scientists will make some small claim with lots of caveats, a university press officer will hype it up, the media will then take that and make it into the most attention grabbing headline they can.
- netizen-936824 5y agoThis sorta jives with my observations, but from my experience it seems like its the general population journalists that mess things up. There's such little understanding of these complex topics and then journalists try to cram as much info into a small place and pick the things that sound most important to them. Detail gets lost and importance of some aspects overblown. This happens through multiple stages as in a game of telephone from original research all the way to average people reading or watching the news