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* site=wired.com * "may have" weasel wording

The unfortunate pattern in pop science is the hero complex: the journalist learns about a field and feels a need to give all the credit to one person or small team, and to five them an adversary, to make the story seem dramatic, revolutionary, yet accessible. The real stories are too large and complex to make exciting in a quick read to a layperson.