>>13924179the average wet-behind-the-ears popsci enthusiast suffers near catastrophic cognitive dissonance when considering the idea that they are an average wet-behind-the-ears popsci enthusiast who is easily taken in by manipulative propaganda disguised as scientific information on the pages of a glossy popsci publication.
that is why they never consider the idea that they are an average wet-behind-the-ears popsci enthusiast. instead they will always consider themselves well informed because they willfully consume manipulative propaganda disguised as scientific information on the pages of a glossy popsci publication.
cognitive dissonance is very unpleasant to experience, engaging in confirmation bias such as "I am smart because I willfully consume manipulative propaganda disguised as scientific information on the pages of a glossy popsci publication." will always be more popular amongst the most common minds.
for most people to acknowledge that popsci isn't real scientific information, but manipulative propaganda disguised as scientific information on the pages of a glossy popsci publication, they first need to get educated beyond the depth of a popsci article and then continue reading the popsci manipulative propaganda disguised as scientific information while seeing all of the half truths, poorly drawn conclusions and decades old conventional wisdom which pepper every popsci publication.
to the average uneducated person, publications like sci-am seem as legitimate as something like nature, just easier to read and get access to.
