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A comment on Beware the Man of Many Studies. Parent comment

Re:Beware the Man of Many Studies by jeegsy on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @06:32PM (#36234585)
> I think most scientific information that comes to us through the media is reliable

Your general point is well taken but is severely and gravely undermined by the belief expressed in above.

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Re:Beware the Man of Many Studies by magarnicle on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @07:06PM (#36234914)
Yes. Even if the original information is correct it tends to be quite distorted by the media (the headlines are almost always hyperbolic), let alone when it gets picked up by the public and repeated.
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