• carl_dungeon@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Any headline that talks about “stunning”, “shocking”, or “angering” scientists gets an immediate red flag for me, right up there with “breakthrough” battery tech.

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      Middle-aged men in white labcoats and with clipboard in hand, using the words “uncanny” and “eerie” in vague sentences.

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      Yes, and it’s particularly obnoxious when they seem to have twisted a quote as an excuse for this: ‘“This was absolutely stunning to watch first-hand,” said materials scientist Brad Boyc.’ I’m pretty sure that use of the word means “beautiful”, not “shocking.”