Well, yes, the Daily Mail does that. And it doesn't care who it destroys in order to do that.

My name has been mentioned numerous times on medium as a doom writer. That is complete and utter bull. I always link everything (well most things) I write to the actual science.

I also have very few followers.

I also think it's far worse leading people up the garden path to tell them that they can so something, and then they invest in it, and then when they reach their 40s and still haven't achieved it, they realize they never are. Then depression sets in...