> In the rush for funding and "impact" university PR machines (and scientists too) are forced to make flashy statements about the latest new sensational, tenuou

> In the rush for funding and "impact" university PR machines (and scientists too) are forced to make flashy statements about the latest new sensational, tenuous at best implications of their findings. in a lot of cases its worse than just wanting funding. A lot of companies are funding "studies" and getting them published so they can sell their latest revolutionary product.