Question

which text uses the word factoid in its traditional sense? as a geneticist, christina enjoys watching science documentaries and sharing various factoids shes learned with her colleagues. as a geneticist, christina dislikes many popular sci - fi movies because they often present audiences with factoids that misrepresent her field.

Explanation:

The traditional sense of "factoid" is an item of unreliable information that is repeated so often that it is taken to be a fact. In the second - text, the factoids in sci - fi movies are described as misrepresenting the field, indicating they are unreliable. In the first text, factoids seem to be just interesting bits of information without any indication of unreliability.

Answer:

As a geneticist, Christina dislikes many popular sci - fi movies because they often present audiences with factoids that misrepresent her field.