Living the Sci Life

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“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a sober geologist must be in want of a beer.” -Me from Pride and Prejudice and Typical Geologists

Such a good short post on how headlines can really mislead when it comes to science reporting. Well done!

jtotheizzoe:

Here’s a randomly-selected list of news headlines about it:

• “Coffee drinkers may live longer, study suggests” … ok, not so bad. Surely the study suggests that somewhere? (More about that later)
• “Can coffee help you live longer?” … Do you know the answer? Then just tell me. I mean, are you…

Title: Require free access over the Internet to scientific journal articles arising from taxpayer-funded research.

So what you gotta ask yourself, is do you want access to the research your tax dollars pay for or not?

Well said, buddy.