Comments on: Science, the press, and politics – Can even experimentally verified facts be reported correctly with context? It appears not… http://themoderatevoice.com/46553/science-the-press-and-politics-can-even-experimentally-verified-facts-be-reported-correctly-with-context-it-appears-not/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Wed, 30 May 2012 21:54:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: pacatrue http://themoderatevoice.com/46553/science-the-press-and-politics-can-even-experimentally-verified-facts-be-reported-correctly-with-context-it-appears-not/comment-page-1/#comment-215166 pacatrue Thu, 17 Sep 2009 06:45:47 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/46553/science-the-press-and-politics-can-even-experimentally-verified-facts-be-reported-correctly-with-context-it-appears-not/#comment-215166 You may enjoy this comic about the Science News Cycle <a href="http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=1174" rel="nofollow">here</a>. You may enjoy this comic about the Science News Cycle here.

]]> By: mikkel http://themoderatevoice.com/46553/science-the-press-and-politics-can-even-experimentally-verified-facts-be-reported-correctly-with-context-it-appears-not/comment-page-1/#comment-215156 mikkel Thu, 17 Sep 2009 05:43:37 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/46553/science-the-press-and-politics-can-even-experimentally-verified-facts-be-reported-correctly-with-context-it-appears-not/#comment-215156 This isn't <i>that</i> bad. I believe it was a science daily that took the first discovery of circuit with negative resistance to mean it generated current, after all I = V/R would imply that. I'm not sure what is worse, the fact that that article stated that, or that it didn't leap to the conclusion that we could create an unlimited amount of power for free.<br><br>In any case, most of these science websites (including the blogs of some of the major publications) are staffed by undergrads or recent graduates that weren't even necessarily science majors. They are capable of recognizing the vocabulary but not implication or context. This isn't that bad. I believe it was a science daily that took the first discovery of circuit with negative resistance to mean it generated current, after all I = V/R would imply that. I'm not sure what is worse, the fact that that article stated that, or that it didn't leap to the conclusion that we could create an unlimited amount of power for free.

In any case, most of these science websites (including the blogs of some of the major publications) are staffed by undergrads or recent graduates that weren't even necessarily science majors. They are capable of recognizing the vocabulary but not implication or context.

]]> By: AustinRoth http://themoderatevoice.com/46553/science-the-press-and-politics-can-even-experimentally-verified-facts-be-reported-correctly-with-context-it-appears-not/comment-page-1/#comment-215145 AustinRoth Thu, 17 Sep 2009 05:04:26 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/46553/science-the-press-and-politics-can-even-experimentally-verified-facts-be-reported-correctly-with-context-it-appears-not/#comment-215145 Sigh...<br><br>At least it wasn't <i>Science</i>. Sigh…

At least it wasn't Science.

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