Unpopular Science - 240324 Underinformation

Is it worse to be misinformed or under-informed?

The news about Princess Kate has the mainstream news speculating about why growing numbers of young people seem to be afflicted by cancer, but there’s a pretty significant potential cause that you won’t hear them mention.

Importantly, every article you read in the mainstream press will be factually correct, and generally can be counted upon to correct any egregious errors discovered later.

But just because there’s no misinformation in your newsfeed doesn’t mean you’re off the hook for something potentially worse: under-information.