Reducing science to sensational headlines too often misses the bigger picture
Thursday, April 30, 2015 - 09:30
in Psychology & Sociology
We are all being lied to, but it's okay because we sort of know it. Exaggeration, sensationalism and hype are in the newspaper headlines and on the magazine covers we read and in the films we watch. Even the conversations we have with each other are exaggerated to make things sound that little bit more interesting. But what happens when you try to sensationalise science, and put little lies into something that revolves around truth?