Categories: Pseudo-explanations
An example of anthropomorphism in popular science writing:
"…they harnessed the skills of a type of virus well versed in the dark arts of integrating into human DNA, a retrovirus."
Catherine Carver
Carver, C. (2017). Immune. How your body defends and protects you. Bloomsbury Sigma.
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