Categories: Pseudo-explanations
An example of anthropomorphism in public science discourse:
"Those are usually the first responder cells. In humans they would be macrophages, and neutrophils and monocytes among them. These cells usually rush to the site of an injury, or an infection, and they try to kill the pathogen, or seal up the pathogen…"
Dr Siddhartha Mukherjee
Dr Siddhartha Mukherjee (Columbia University) was speaking on an episode ('Building the body, opening the heart') of MMC's Radio 4's 'Start the week'
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