> I don't understand why Wired chose to omit those. I like to think I’m a rational person, but I read the headline, got alarmed and clicked on the link. I read

> I don't understand why Wired chose to omit those. I like to think I’m a rational person, but I read the headline, got alarmed and clicked on the link. I read the article and got more alarmed, and so I clicked on another link within the article. The purpose of news is not to inform. It’s to generate fear based on biases and use that to generate clicks and more fear. If done well, it’s designed to create an unvirtuous circle of fear and clicks. This article served its purpose perfectly.