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Not really - the academic papers aren't particularly readable and the summarized news article provides good context for other research as well.
by alabut 18y ago
Not really - the academic papers aren't particularly readable and the summarized news article provides good context for other research as well.
- tuukkah 18y agoI'm not saying science journalism is useless, but the way of the web is (should be!) to link to the source and more information. It's not uncommon for the popularisation to lead to alternating "X is good", "X is bad" reporting, while in reality the researchers themselves wouldn't claim they've settled the issue. If you are interested in psychology, you want to read the original article - this one is readable too :-)
- alabut 18y agoI wonder if I'm misunderstanding you - maybe you're saying the news article itself should've linked to the original paper? If so, then I definitely agree. I read your comment as a criticism of the post on HN, that the title should've linked to the academic paper rather than the news.
- tuukkah 18y agoGood point. With 'them', I meant to refer to Scientific American.