tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post738905231133773890..comments2024-03-27T14:50:47.345-04:00Comments on <center>Sandwalk</center>: University press releases are a major source of science misinformation Larry Moranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05756598746605455848noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-47230958514851209402022-10-31T17:23:07.740-04:002022-10-31T17:23:07.740-04:00Another example: NSF announces "Butterfly win...Another example: NSF announces "Butterfly wing patterns emerge from ancient 'junk' DNA" https://beta.nsf.gov/news/butterfly-wing-patterns-emerge-ancient-junk-dna <br /><br />I was a little surprised so went to the article in Science and searched for the word "junk". One hit, not in the article, but in "Recommended articles from TrendMD", a link to an article at phys.org authored by Cornell University. https://phys.org/news/2022-10-butterfly-wing-patterns-emerge-ancient.html This article/press-release has the same title as the NSF announcement. Both say "explains how DNA that sits between genes — called "junk" DNA or noncoding regulatory DNA". <br /><br />So scientists publish a paper without mentioning junk, a University press release identifies noncoding regulatory DNA as junk, and NSF runs with it.jbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10835283301887184369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-27177791784206512302022-10-24T21:52:02.978-04:002022-10-24T21:52:02.978-04:00Robert Byers
This is all about human error. Its th...Robert Byers<br />This is all about human error. Its the norm if one knows any profession. I find that science reporters only report and don't do science and those who prevail reach audiences with the better science<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> news. So thats the problem. In fact in origin subjects always creationists come up against they must obey conclusions because they are presented as settled science. We must work to show this reporting id false. When was it better days?? Many problems with who gets to be involved and paid in science research and reporting as everywhere else. I suspect error is very common and just only a few know its error. Just as creationism knows evolutiuonism is a error and unscientific by rules of science. We got reporters<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> but need lots more.Robert Byershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17226386832358052266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-89230676495909527622022-10-22T14:49:35.730-04:002022-10-22T14:49:35.730-04:00@Gus:
That preprint appears to be crap:
There are...@Gus: <br />That preprint appears to be crap:<br /><a href="https://twitter.com/acritschristoph/status/1583486403416969216?s=61&t=YOCvcxH0MRJpSkc3Zg0-0A" rel="nofollow">There are many kinds of 'wrong' in science, but this preprint is False. There are many reasons (links at end), but the main one: the “unusual” sites are all *exactly* found in natural bat coronaviruses.</a><br /><br />Mikkel Rumraket Rasmussenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07670550711237457368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-57971907386525196112022-10-22T11:24:09.953-04:002022-10-22T11:24:09.953-04:00https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.10.18...https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.10.18.512756v1<br /><br />Looks like those anti-China racists and xenophobes are at it again.Gusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-61779334908134187092022-10-21T17:32:38.640-04:002022-10-21T17:32:38.640-04:00You need a booster shot, Larry.You need a booster shot, Larry.Jmachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04392421995310271733noreply@blogger.com