Assuming you are laughing at this article because you think it's bogus, I believe melling is asking why you are laughing if millions of people are being exposed to misleading information. That's not what most would consider a laughing matter.

Ah. Ultimately, unfortunately, to me it ultimately is. Not the "Haha that's hilarious, he slipped on a banana!" kind, of course.

But the pathetic lack of scientific education/knowledge in the general US population is laughable.