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There is value to pop-sci's romantic relationship with new discoveries in science. I don't think it hurts anyone in the target demographic to enable their sense
by ehnto 5y ago
There is value to pop-sci's romantic relationship with new discoveries in science. I don't think it hurts anyone in the target demographic to enable their sense of curiosity and wonder. Clickbait is hardly a fair term, as this article hardly shares a floor with true clickbait like false death rumours, hate and fear mongering, and outright falsehoods.
- dekhn 5y agoOf all the replies to my comments, this is the best one I've seen. You're right that science reporting should instill wonder, it probably isn't that excessive to say it's mysterious or bizarre (my complaint is more the "we've never seen something like this so far" but let's not get into the semiotics of unsupervised clustering), and it's unfair to lump this in with Really Bad Clickbait. I just have a strong aversion to the science->PR->news hype cycle and that's what happened here.