I don't think academia runs fox news and cnn but I'll withhold judgement
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replyFamous experiments are not chosen by academia. They are chosen by non academics. What you usually find is academics being much more reserved and more critical of these then journalists, bloggers or random commenters on HN.
replyI don't know about "much more reserved"... Citation needed. In the absence of evidence otherwise I assume academics are just people.
replyYes they are just people - people who are much close to the topic then random commenters on HN.
replyFrankly, you made up accusation of academics from nothing and without bothering to check what they generally say. You just made it up