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by DanMcInerney 17 days ago
Does the average "scientist" even care about quality these days or is it all just whatever headline makes their funders happy?
3 comments
setopt 17 days ago
Selection bias. The average scientist doesn’t write oversimplified popsci articles that go viral.
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laughing_man 17 days ago
The editor nearly always chooses the title when an article is published.
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tangenter 17 days ago
It drives engagement. That’s the metric for why this gets posted.
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