Sensationalism in presenting scientific advances is a bad idea The perennial search for scientific funding and profit distorts the accuracy of scientific claims, leading to what is usually science-harming and truth-destroying sensationalism. Sensationalism is not helpful in a profoundly anti-scientific nation like the United States. For example, good science, but much inflated rhetoric For example, J. Craig Venter and his colleagues claim to have [...]
Categories: Ethics,Medicine,Science
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