agreed, how come this article doesn't link to any more serious publications?
I'm tired of dumb journalists using science to make a quick buzz. It's like that kid who had allegedly found a way to derive more energies by making solar panels in the shape of trees, it was complete bullshit.
Traditional media has awful citation conventions. Basically the journalist adds a vague source just to wash his/her hands in case the story turns out to be false. In this case an Australian paper refers to a British paper (without a link or an exact reference) and the story is about a German scientific publication. So this is third or fourth hand story, and you can just guess how much has been lost in translation.
The Sunday Times is no tabloid, but interestingly I couldn't find this on the times website. I will however go out and act like a 20th century nobleman and buy the newspaper today and update the original article if I can find it.
I have been wondering the same thing from some time ago but I only get downvoted. Truth be told, the quality of the homepage/top links has overwhelmingly decreased and a lot of sensationalism have taken over.
Most probably the same way this comment will also get downvoted but I don't care.
I could be wrong, but I believe The Times is generally regarded as a respectable paper over here, and I presume the same to be true of its Sunday counterpart.
Comments
News.com.au is essentially an Australian tabloid. Then they quote their source as being (what I believe is) essentially a British tabloid.
This isn't exactly what I expect to see at the top of HN?
agreed, how come this article doesn't link to any more serious publications? I'm tired of dumb journalists using science to make a quick buzz. It's like that kid who had allegedly found a way to derive more energies by making solar panels in the shape of trees, it was complete bullshit.
Traditional media has awful citation conventions. Basically the journalist adds a vague source just to wash his/her hands in case the story turns out to be false. In this case an Australian paper refers to a British paper (without a link or an exact reference) and the story is about a German scientific publication. So this is third or fourth hand story, and you can just guess how much has been lost in translation.
The Sunday Times is no tabloid, but interestingly I couldn't find this on the times website. I will however go out and act like a 20th century nobleman and buy the newspaper today and update the original article if I can find it.
I have been wondering the same thing from some time ago but I only get downvoted. Truth be told, the quality of the homepage/top links has overwhelmingly decreased and a lot of sensationalism have taken over.
Most probably the same way this comment will also get downvoted but I don't care.
I could be wrong, but I believe The Times is generally regarded as a respectable paper over here, and I presume the same to be true of its Sunday counterpart.