A New Discovery Upends What We Know About Viruses

Re:A New Discovery Upends What We Know About Viruses by vibrio on Friday March 15, 2019 @09:51AM (#19399668)

I am also a fan of Yong, but "Upends what we know about virues" is a bit sensational. The article interesting for sure, but lately it seems that every book or study "turns Darwin on his head" or puts us in a "post-Pasteur era". I"m not even going to think about Cacner headlines. All overstatement of interesting science findings.

upend (ŭp-ĕndˈ) v.To stand, set, or turn on one end: upend an oblong box. v.To invalidate, destroy, or change completely; overthrow: upended a popular legend. v.To win victory over; defeat.

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Re:A New Discovery Upends What We Know About Viruses by overthemoon on Friday March 15, 2019 @10:39AM (#19400090)

Can't say for sure re this article, but often editors choose headlines.

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Re:A New Discovery Upends What We Know About Viruses by vibrio on Friday March 15, 2019 @11:36AM (#19400637)

Sure, but as far as I'm concerned if you get the byline you own the content. Again I like Yong, not faulting him but rather a general trend in media. I'm being a science curmudgeon.

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Re:A New Discovery Upends What We Know About Viruses by majkinetor on Friday March 15, 2019 @03:39PM (#19403423)

So, distributed virus that keeps specialized factories around and ships products to other parts of the "world" is just another fact od life?

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Re:A New Discovery Upends What We Know About Viruses by vibrio on Monday March 18, 2019 @09:22AM (#19420770)

I said in my initial post that it was interesting. I don't think it "invalidates, destroys, or changes completely what we know about viruses". My gripe is with the sensational, click-bait title.

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