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I don't think this is "getting frustrated with science" as much as "getting frustrated with the reporting on science". I don't think people are arguing that do
by belval 3y ago
I don't think this is "getting frustrated with science" as much as "getting frustrated with the reporting on science".
I don't think people are arguing that doing aspartame research is pointless so much as they are annoyed at the sensationalistic approach taken to report of that research. There is a large difference between "Aspartame may cause cancer" and "Aspartame may cause cancer if you drink 14 cans of diet coke a day".
It's pointless distractions at best and downright fear-mongering at worse in the attempt of getting ad-revenue from clicks.
- add-sub-mul-div 3y agoBut "You can believe anything you want" is a personal choice, there's extra nuance that explains why two bodies disagree if you want to look for it. Ultimately it's on us to read further than headlines or not.
- belval 3y agoThis article title is fine in my opinion as it mostly covers the disagreement between two bodies as you said, but before that one I saw at least 2-3 articles this week that were just "WHO says aspartame causes cancer". That's the thing that angers people because it's obviously clickbait