One thing my University education gave me was learning how terrible many Academic Papers really are. It's even worse now so many are pumped out, journals are pay to play or no-peer-review.
The conclusions are often not what the data within them says, it's almost as if the conclusions are written before the experiments.
And then, how the conclusions are twisted through the lens of Journalism. The more sensational the better. Weak arguments turn into cast iron facts.
And all this is disguised in excessively academic language "trust the science". No, I never trust the science, science is not a matter of trust.
One thing my University education gave me was learning how terrible many Academic Papers really are. It's even worse now so many are pumped out, journals are pay to play or no-peer-review.
The conclusions are often not what the data within them says, it's almost as if the conclusions are written before the experiments.
And then, how the conclusions are twisted through the lens of Journalism. The more sensational the better. Weak arguments turn into cast iron facts.
And all this is disguised in excessively academic language "trust the science". No, I never trust the science, science is not a matter of trust.