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IDK if it's that smug. It was just a prank/troll. Possibly, it got a bit more circulation than expected or was less obvious than expected. It feels kind of like
by dalbasal 4y ago
IDK if it's that smug. It was just a prank/troll. Possibly, it got a bit more circulation than expected or was less obvious than expected. It feels kind of like a "ha! on your toes" style that translates poorly from personal into online media.
- sp332 4y agoAs a prank, it's fine. But they tried to make it a lesson about fake news, which is not very useful.
- s1artibartfast 4y agoI mean, it is a pretty good example of how fake news works. He said in the same thread it was fake. Tons of people retweeted the image without the greater context, and it still carried the authority of having been said by a renowned scientist.