Categories: Pseudo-explanations
An example of nthropomorphism in public science discourse:
"Nature doesn't waste energy trying to attack something it can't – put fungi on glass and it doesn't do anything."
Prof. Roger Rowell
Prof. Roger Rowell (professor of composite agricultural materials at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, US) was quoted in:
Chapman, K. (2023) The wonderful wizards of wood, Chemistry World
Read examples of anthropomorphism in science
Many examples of anthropomorphism are listed in 'Creative comparisons: Making science familiar through language. An illustrative catalogue of figurative comparisons and analogies for science concepts'. Free Download.
