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exboyfil

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3. It is kind of the Olympics phenomenon

Reply to Towlie (Original post)

Thu May 28, 2020, 08:59 AM

May 2020

Trying to attach a human interest story to increase interest in the subject. I agree with you totally. You are right to be skeptical. Most stories in popular literature involving an expertise are written by authors who do not have a command of the subject. The best articles are the general articles written by the experts (for example Scientific American) or by dedicated science authors (who have a general training in the particular science or technology of that particular subject - also see Scientific American for examples as well).

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