Comments on: The Science News Cycle

By: Catherine A. Fiorell

Catherine A. Fiorell — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 00:57:00 +0000

That's a rho, not a p. The correlation is .56.

By: Alan J

Alan J — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 19:16:00 +0000

P=.56? Thats not even close to statistically valid D:

By: Alan J

Alan J — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 19:16:00 +0000

P=.56? Thats not even close to statistically valid D:

By: ironrunes

ironrunes — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 18:52:00 +0000

@Markleblerry: so it is not a cycle. Witch leads us back to what Matt was pointing out.

So this is a cycle, but the comic is not. :D

By: ironrunes

ironrunes — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 18:52:00 +0000

@Markleblerry: so it is not a cycle. Witch leads us back to what Matt was pointing out.
So this is a cycle, but the comic is not. :D

By: Markleberry

Markleberry — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 18:43:00 +0000

@Matt: It doesn't. If you look, there's no arrow.

By: Markleberry

Markleberry — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 18:43:00 +0000

@Matt: It doesn’t. If you look, there’s no arrow.

By: Michael the Dumb Tec

Michael the Dumb Tec — Wed, 27 May 2009 14:53:00 +0000

@Matt Very good point. I didn't even notice that.

I have noticed this trend myself before. Web news and news broadcasts both take the taglines way over the top just to enhance viewership. But in my opinion they shoot themselves in the foot. I don't watch the news much anymore because I got tired of "YOUR KIDS WILL DIE FROM EXPOSURE TO THIS" to find out that if I force-feed them 20 paint chips it might be a choking hazard. Totally burnt out on the whole news world.

Case in point: did anyone pay attention to this 'swine flu pandemic' for more than a week? That's how long it took for me to stop caring.

By: Michael the Dumb Tech Geek

Michael the Dumb Tech Geek — Wed, 27 May 2009 14:53:00 +0000

@Matt Very good point. I didn’t even notice that.

I have noticed this trend myself before. Web news and news broadcasts both take the taglines way over the top just to enhance viewership. But in my opinion they shoot themselves in the foot. I don’t watch the news much anymore because I got tired of “YOUR KIDS WILL DIE FROM EXPOSURE TO THIS” to find out that if I force-feed them 20 paint chips it might be a choking hazard. Totally burnt out on the whole news world.
Case in point: did anyone pay attention to this ‘swine flu pandemic’ for more than a week? That’s how long it took for me to stop caring.

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 26 May 2009 19:52:00 +0000

Funny and true. But not a cycle. How does Grandma's foil hat lead to the research step?

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 26 May 2009 19:52:00 +0000

Funny and true. But not a cycle. How does Grandma’s foil hat lead to the research step?

By: Jimmy Rogers

Jimmy Rogers — Tue, 26 May 2009 19:31:00 +0000

The day that comic came out, my local news did a story about SOMETHING (I can't remember what) that was totally in alignment with Step 6. I was amazed!