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What else could it possibly be?

"Something strange is happening on the sun, and we've seen it before"

"Something quite normal is happening on the sun, even though we've never seen it before (because we've existed for approx .0021% of the sun's life"

"Something is happening on the sun, and we'll puff up the importance of this measurement anomaly better than any other ad platform"




Maybe factual plain headlines could make a comeback, perhaps:

--- "Sun produces never seen before polar vortex"

And when I ask ChatGPT to write a matter of fact headline for the article it comes up with this:

--- "Sun's North Pole Experiences Unusual Phenomenon as Part of Surface Breaks Off and Forms a Giant Polar Vortex"

When I ask it to make it more sensational we get closer to what we are used to from click hungry media these days

--- "Mystery Unfolds as Sun's North Pole Forms a Giant Polar Vortex, Scientists Baffled by Unprecedented Event"




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