Source https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2023/09/a-certain-type-of-media-outlet-that-chooses-to-generate-confusion-about-longevity-science/
There is a certain type of media entity and journalist that really only cares about name dropping the wealthy and the famous, and has absolutely no interest in accuracy, education, understanding, factual conveyance of information, all of those pleasant things that make the world turn. Thus there will continue to be articles about ongoing intitiatives relating to aging, such as the one I’ll reluctantly point out today, that are abysmal. This sort of article is abysmal because it actively, willfully conflates a whole set of very different activities with very different merits under one heading, while appealing to lowest common denominator sentiments such as mocking the wealthy, class envy, and so forth. It is lazy, it is writing that makes the space of information about the topic worse, it is a harmful influence on the world.
Of the projects mentioned, research into <a href="https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2021/09/a-brief-tour-of-work-on-reprogramming-as-an-approac…
Source https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2023/09/a-certain-type-of-media-outlet-that-chooses-to-generate-confusion-about-longevity-science/
There is a certain type of media entity and journalist that really only cares about name dropping the wealthy and the famous, and has absolutely no interest in accuracy, education, understanding, factual conveyance of information, all of those pleasant things that make the world turn. Thus there will continue to be articles about ongoing intitiatives relating to aging, such as the one I’ll reluctantly point out today, that are abysmal. This sort of article is abysmal because it actively, willfully conflates a whole set of very different activities with very different merits under one heading, while appealing to lowest common denominator sentiments such as mocking the wealthy, class envy, and so forth. It is lazy, it is writing that makes the space of information about the topic worse, it is a harmful influence on the world.
Of the projects mentioned, research into <a href="https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2021/09/a-brief-tour-of-work-on-reprogramming-as-an-approac…
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