The reason I don't trust popular science books is because at least 50% of the time when I fact-check a claim it's either wrong or misleading
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Really unpopular opinion: pop science is a great way to stimulate research ideas. I think it works bc it's so sensationalized you're forced into thinking way out of the box. Then you can use your scientist brain to back it up 40 steps and make it science again
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I don't necessarily disagree but also my whole life is pointing out when people are wrong so I guess I'm doomed to be annoyed by pop sci books
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Everything in science is more complicated than it seems. But you can't interrupt a good story every 3 sentences with an ugly mess of qualifications
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True, but I don't know if filling a book with inaccurate statements is the answer either
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Exactly my experience
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