The biggest issue with media reporting on science is not comprehension It's not even reading the actual paper (although that's important too!) It's situating science in the context of other studies No research is done in a vacuum Very little of it is truly "groundbreaking"
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People talk about standing on the shoulders of giants, but these days science is more like making a giant human pyramid with thousands of other researchers worldwide
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If a story doesn't include a discussion of the work that came before and after this current paper, it's missing out on the majority of what the science actually means
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