The title isn't a bit sensationalist, it's a straight-up lie. That matters because most people won't actually read the article but will see the title and take it at face value. I see the erroneous title as disparaging to science.
Aren't the following facts still pretty interesting?
Well, firstly, as another commenter pointed out, it's not clear that the respondents are actually representative of physicists.
But regardless, how interesting it is that those 10 questions are subject to debate depends, I suppose, on how familiar you are with the field of physics. I would feel better about the article if it addressed the same topic with higher quality.
That matters because most people won't actually read the article but will see the title and take it at face value.
Welcome to, like any news article in the history of mankind. Also I disagree that it's a lie. Clearly it depends on your interpretation of "most", but any reasonable person would interpret it as "most of things that can have disagreement", i.e. "questions that have not been settled".
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The title isn't a bit sensationalist, it's a straight-up lie. That matters because most people won't actually read the article but will see the title and take it at face value. I see the erroneous title as disparaging to science.
Well, firstly, as another commenter pointed out, it's not clear that the respondents are actually representative of physicists.
But regardless, how interesting it is that those 10 questions are subject to debate depends, I suppose, on how familiar you are with the field of physics. I would feel better about the article if it addressed the same topic with higher quality.
Welcome to, like any news article in the history of mankind. Also I disagree that it's a lie. Clearly it depends on your interpretation of "most", but any reasonable person would interpret it as "most of things that can have disagreement", i.e. "questions that have not been settled".