The unfortunate effect of the press’s presentation of science (and in particular science around popular issues such as health) is that rather give a sense of the slow accumulation of evidence for each...The unfortunate effect of the press’s presentation of science (and in particular science around popular issues such as health) is that rather give a sense of the slow accumulation of evidence for each side of an issue the narrative presents a world where last month’s findings are “overturned” by this month’s findings, which are then, in turn, “overturned” back to the original finding a month from now.
