‘Researchers say…’ has become such a cliché and overused term that it almost made it seems like the whole term lacks any credibility at all. We have been exposed to the thousand of articles, list of what to do & what not to do, brand new discoveries and elitedaily/buzzfeed nonsense. Often, to sum up their point or just to prove their fact, a simple ‘researchers say’ is added to the start of the sentence which by no means add any factual or credibility to your point at all.
Has it become a term that we have become numbed about?
Perhaps. By no means am I shooting down the researchers’ hard work and their brand new discovery, but rather, questioning the terms of their study. Humans are an evolving species, and we are all drastically different by cultures, nationality, race, upbringing, yada yada. So where is the actuality of a point of your research? A research in Norway, with the study of a demographics basically in Norway does not simply imply it works on a global scale. Even a study on global scale does not imply it works on every single person. There’s subjectivity to every study and we have to question that constantly.
So no, I’m not gonna be sold by your idea just by simply adding a ‘researchers say…’. I need facts, I need credibility, I need sources, I need discussion boards, I need survey results and I need a whole lot more than your ‘researchers say…’. Even then, it doesn’t mean it can entirely convince me to jump on your bandwagon and support your article in the right to lead a better life or become a better person.
So yes, fuck those top ten articles or whatever articles. Especially if they added ‘researchers say…’ without any credibility. Still, fuck those articles.