I wish I could up-vote this 1000x. Scientific literacy is beyond lacking these days, and the number of people who even know what "in vitro" or "in vivo" actually means is even more staggering. My favorite are the people/groups who tout the toxicity of products like Roundup to skin tissue in an in vitro experiment, completely overlooking the fact that the surfactant used in Roundup to make glyphosate stick to a plant so it can be absorbed causes chemical burns to the skin if you pour it on and leave it on... which, in vitro, kills skin tissue. All of which says nothing of the toxic effects to human stomach enzymes of plants which have absobed glyphosate. But hey, it's a headline on which people will click...
Perhaps even more staggering is the illiteracy of people regarding the field of statistics. I have read that epidemiologists are constantly having to explain the statistics of their findings to MDs who know medicine but not statistics. If medical doctors are stumped by the language and rules of statistics I don't expect news editors or presenters to do any better with it.
Perhaps even more staggering is the illiteracy of people regarding the field of statistics. I have read that epidemiologists are constantly having to explain the statistics of their findings to MDs who know medicine but not statistics. If medical doctors are stumped by the language and rules of statistics I don't expect news editors or presenters to do any better with it.