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Without commenting on the various claims about memes in this article, I can offer a hypothesis on the closing paragraphs: the most obvious reason why misinterpr
by asuffield 12y ago
Without commenting on the various claims about memes in this article, I can offer a hypothesis on the closing paragraphs: the most obvious reason why misinterpreted science is much more commonly seen is that sharing an unsupported meme takes far less time and effort (~few clicks) than finding the research paper and reading it, so we would anticipate seeing a lot more of the former.
The pithy version is "a lie can run round the world before the truth has got its boots on", with thanks to Pratchett.
- jacquesm 12y ago> the most obvious reason why misinterpreted science is much more commonly seen is that sharing an unsupported meme takes far less time and effort (~few clicks) than finding the research paper and reading it I think your comment contains a highly recursive component: http://quoteinvestigator.com/2014/07/13/truth/ http://quoteinvestigator.com/2014/07/13/truth/
- asuffield 12y agoI'm aware that it has history. The version I quoted is Pratchett's ;)