Friday, 13 March 2009

Everything that is wrong about the Daily Mail

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1161652/Mind-reading-comes-step-closer-scientists-map-peoples-brains.html

  1. Take a story which could have massive positive medical and scientific benefits.
  2. Create a headline that invokes the supertitious - in this case mention "mind reading".
  3. Take a fictional sci-fi film.
  4. Slant the story in a way that makes scientists look evil.
  5. Cast a gloomy view of the future, making it seem more like the sci-fi film.
  6. Blame science.
  7. Sell more papers to the gullible masses.

The first comment posted below the article says it all really :-

"Do we really want to be so self aware that we know how our own brains work?
I'd prefer a little mystery in life...
- Tim, London, 13/3/2009 09:16"

Translation : I'd prefer to be an ignorant idiot, and carry on reading the daily fail.

Hrmph.