🚨 theipaper has a new science writer StuartJRitchie ⤵️ And to kick off the new year he has shared 5 ways to ensure we aren’t misled when reading about science in 2023 🧂 Tip one: Take “breakthroughs” with a pinch of salt
by his own staff but the Stanford Board of Trustees said in early December that he was innocent of scientific misconduct. One of the winners of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology had to have four of his studiesThese high-profile instances of possible research misconduct remind us that even the highest-flying scientists are human, and that, if proven, even professors from the most prestigious universities can be brought low by very human failings.
Last year began with a surge in anti-vaccine rhetoric. An ex-scientist, Robert Malone, had appeared on the hugely popular Joe Rogan Experience podcast, makinganti-vaccine claims spread through the world of online “gurus” , where loquacious, charismatic figures impress their YouTube and podcast followers with outrageous statements, drifting further and further away from rationality. From there, spurious complaints about the dangers of mRNA shots broke through into some parts of the mainstream media, both in the UK and elsewhere.
With war, economic downturn, and all the rest, 2022 often felt pretty gloomy. The scientific missteps listed above won’t exactly cheer you up. But forewarned is forearmed: knowing more about all the ways science can go wrong can help us steer clear of false hope. But science in 2022 did provide us with reasons for genuine optimism. Perhaps the most exciting among them was progress on a
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