Interesting note - but I am confused. Are you expecting a social media post to be accurate or nuanced? Aren’t we supposed to assume they are mostly inaccurate or imprecise?
Or is your point you see this in media that is supposed to be rigorous and trust worthy?
I know, it may be unreasonable, but I think if people are going to share statistics--especially academics to large followings--they should check their accuracy first. That is probably too much to ask, but they should definitely respond in a reasonable way if someone else points out that the information is wrong or misleading.
Your point about 70% adjuncts is a similar point to this article about the transformation of news media. And there are other "true facts" that I don't want to get into.
Interesting note - but I am confused. Are you expecting a social media post to be accurate or nuanced? Aren’t we supposed to assume they are mostly inaccurate or imprecise?
Or is your point you see this in media that is supposed to be rigorous and trust worthy?
I know, it may be unreasonable, but I think if people are going to share statistics--especially academics to large followings--they should check their accuracy first. That is probably too much to ask, but they should definitely respond in a reasonable way if someone else points out that the information is wrong or misleading.
That’s fair, thanks for the clarification!
Your point about 70% adjuncts is a similar point to this article about the transformation of news media. And there are other "true facts" that I don't want to get into.
https://www.thefp.com/p/friedman-when-we-started-to-lie
Thanks. Yep, we could do this all day! I just do my best to not succumb to it.