Do you guys have funny/absurd/out-of-context articles? Please share 
Wizard of Oz:
It's easy to take things out of context (dictionary dfn: "the set of circumstances or facts that surround a particular event, situation, etc.") and change the synopsis of a story:
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Brain region found that does absolutely nothing Link
Researchers were looking at the a small region of the cortex in the back section of the cingulate gyrus to understand what its function was. The posterior cingulate gyrus is related to memory recollection, daydreaming, and perform other thinking functions but scientists do not know for sure. This research was conducted to better understand what this portion of the brain was used for.
OK, satyrical & tongue-and-cheek here... but still based on actual research studies that lack creativity.
Wizard of Oz:
It's easy to take things out of context (dictionary dfn: "the set of circumstances or facts that surround a particular event, situation, etc.") and change the synopsis of a story:
Brain region found that does absolutely nothing Link
Researchers were looking at the a small region of the cortex in the back section of the cingulate gyrus to understand what its function was. The posterior cingulate gyrus is related to memory recollection, daydreaming, and perform other thinking functions but scientists do not know for sure. This research was conducted to better understand what this portion of the brain was used for.
Quote: ...we tried every we knew, with over 20 different participants. IQ tests, memory tasks, flashing lights, talking, listening, imagining juggling, but there was no response. Nothing. We got more desperate, so we tried pictures of faces, TMS, pictures of cats, pictures of sex, pictures of violence and even sexy violence, but nothing happened! Not even a decrease. No connectivity to anywhere else, not even a voodoo correlation. 46 voxels of wasted space. I know dead salmons that are more responsive. It’s an evolutionary disgrace, that’s what it is.”
Some neuroscientists are disappointed by the regions’ lack of response: ‘This is exactly the type of cortical behavior that leads to this popular science nonsense about using only 10% of our brain. Frankly, I am outraged by this lazy piece of brain. It’s the cortical equivalent of a spare tyre. If anyone wants to have it lobotomized, I am happy to break out the orbitoclast and help them out. That’ll teach it.”
OK, satyrical & tongue-and-cheek here... but still based on actual research studies that lack creativity.
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