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You missed the part where scientists often eagerly seek media attention to push their agenda, get more funding or for vanity alone.
by alexey-salmin 3y ago
You missed the part where scientists often eagerly seek media attention to push their agenda, get more funding or for vanity alone.
- pvaldes 3y agothis always happens on the cartoons so it must be real
- alexey-salmin 3y agoThis is literally what happened in the linked article
- pvaldes 3y agoWe have a word for that: anecdata There are, dunno... lets say "one million" of scientists in this planet?. I don't see one million of scientists all the time on TV or doing this things on the labs "oh, but he has a ponytail!" this is the type of things that media are seeing and hearing while people explains their job. Finding a journalist that will not try to mock you or abuse your time, is like finding an opera singer dressed as a walkiria inside a clam
- u32480932048 3y agoWhat's the -ism for people who believe tHaT nEvEr HaPpEnS until there are at least half a dozen meta-analyses on the subject? Just because nobody's published on the phenomenon doesn't mean it's not repeatedly observed. > I don't see one million of scientists all the time on TV or doing this things on the labs > Finding a journalist that will not try to mock you or abuse your time, is like finding an opera singer dressed as a walkiria inside a clam Peak anecdata. I've spoken to several journalists - all of them pleasant and none of whom mocked me or abused my time. I don't see millions of journalists on TV mocking people.