I know how the microphone must be placed to pick up my voice. Hekimi has also been developing a critical eye for science journalism. He checks news sites on the Internet, and doesn't like much of what he finds. The way most journalists attempt to make a story accessible is utterly vulgar, by making it like street talk. Hekimi's brow furrows as he derides the frequent oversimplification of science in the media.
Scientists talk in terms of linkages, genes being associated with a certain trait.
But it is reported as the gene for homosexuality, the gene for asocial behaviours, the gene for anything you want. That is normal, that the journalist has a hard time to explain what a discovery does mean and doesn't mean, because it's not easy for us to explain to them either. But on top of that, what are never presented are corrections, errata. It's remarkable how often claims are withdrawn, especially when the claims are more substantial. But reporters are not interested in that, because people are only interested in the positive news.