Popular newspaper have spent their time, money and energy promoting this exciting piece of news on their platform. Apparently, eating five (not four, not six) mushrooms a day will protect us not only from cancer, but also from heart disease and from dementia. Is it any wonder, I thought, that a lot of the general public finds it hard to trust science, when they are told that this kind of nonsense is what science is? As a scientist who goes to scientific conferences often, I am invariably in panels and conversations about how the scientific community can improve public understanding and trust in science.
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