• coolie4@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    That’s like news reports that just say something like:

    Scientists discover water is wet, after utilizing $500k taxpayer-backed grant

    Which is definitely intended to enrage people who won’t do any further research, or read what the study is actually about, and will instead spread the misinformation and distrust of the scientific community

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        5 hours ago

        And the source profited by people clicking, at the expense of everyone involved.

        I believe the biological term for this type of relationship is closer to “parasitic” than it is to mutualistic or symbiotic.