1. Origin. “Current planetary formation models are still far from
being able to account... we can only speculate... hence it is
unlikely that... therefore it probably qualifies as a super-Earth
and not as....”
2. Sound-bite filtering. “Super-Earth”.
3. Factual reinterpretation. “Balmier region... may be habitable.”
4. Prioritization. “No human interest—page 14.”
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