The internet is a highway lined with billboards promising enrichment, entertainment, and information. Picture a sign for shocking and exciting news on scientific discoveries… You’d want to learn more, too, right? However, following those signs too often leads down a dangerous path to misinformation and even straight up lies.
How serious can this really be? Well, take it from scientists when we say: clickbait is destroying science journalism and dumbing down our population in the process.
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