re: #85 The Ghost of a Flea

And the article doesn’t actually include a link to a transcript, so it’s just a bunch of clipped quotes.

But doubtless the short, spammed-across-multiple-sites summary is an effective description of what was said. It’s not like science coverage doesn’t routinely carve out the details or something.

But hey, I’m sure the author who spent twenty years studying the biology of development of skin color in humans is just being a Luddite, and the whole thing can be dismissed offhand.

Yes, that’s my point. Science reporting is terrible. Journalists often don’t understand the issues they’re reporting on and scaring people about the potential evils of genetics and technology are easy topics for click bait. Raw Story is a junk site for leftist outrageous outrages but they got the story from AFP which is generally a responsible outlet. Stoking public fear over science is easy and often irresponsible, I think we agree on that but you can continue fighting anyways.