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Using vague language about scientific facts misleads readers


Using subjective phrasing like "scientists believe" makes facts seem like opinions.

Advertisement The new work was done by three researchers at Stanford University: Aaron Chueya, Yiwei Luob, and Ellen Markman. To answer those questions, the researchers used a subject-recruiting service called Prolific to recruit over 2,700 participants who took part in a number of individual experiments focused on these issues. When physically separated from his keyboard, he tends to seek out a bicycle, or a scenic location for communing with his hiking boots.

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