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This completely discredits the work being presented. I wish universities and institutions (and popular science media) stopped doing that. It is really annoying
by kergonath 4y ago
This completely discredits the work being presented. I wish universities and institutions (and popular science media) stopped doing that. It is really annoying to have headlines about $whatever “breaking the laws of Physics” every other day when reading the abstract is enough to see that no, this is not breaking anything. It is also harmful in the long term because it reinforces pseudo-scientific tendencies in the general public.
As an example, I once had a discussion with someone arguing that energy use was not a problem because we’ll soon have free energy because he read a badly written vulgarisation piece discussing arguments for local non-conservation of energy in some quantum interactions.
This gives people in general a very distorted view of what is and is not feasible. Which would not be too much of a problem if people did not then vote and behave based on this inaccurate perception.