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Hedging - identify the innappropriate language

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    Finding academically inappropriate language that is hyperbolic.
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  • Current climate policies are doomed to fail, achieving nothing substantial in carbon reduction unless groundbreaking technological leaps occur.
    "Doomed to fail", "Achieving nothing substantial", "Groundbreaking technological leaps"
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  • The Industrial Revolution’s role in economic growth is vastly overrated—true progress exploded only with the technological revolution of the 20th century.
    "Vastly overrated", "True progress exploded"
  •  15
  • Shakespeare’s literary dominance is an outdated myth, as modern narratives reject his influence in favor of fresh, diverse storytelling.
    "Literary dominance" "Outdated myth" "Reject" "Fresh, diverse storytelling"
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  • Early childhood education has virtually no effect on intelligence, as inherited traits and environmental factors completely overshadow its impact.
    "Virtually no effect" "Completely overshadow"
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  • Artificial intelligence will never surpass human intelligence, as its development is permanently shackled by the insurmountable limits of machine learning.
    "Never surpass" "Permanently shackled" "Insurmountable limits"
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  • The so-called cognitive benefits of bilingualism are a massive exaggeration, with recent studies debunking its supposed intellectual advantages.
    "So-called cognitive benefits" "So-called cognitive benefits" "Debunking"
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  • The panic over biodiversity loss is unfounded, as nature constantly adapts and ecosystems are far more resilient than alarmists claim.
    "The panic" "Unfounded" "Far more resilient than alarmists claim"
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  • Economic inequality is not a threat to progress—it is a driving force behind thriving economies, proving that disparity does not equate to decline.
    "Not a threat" "A driving force behind thriving economies" ""Proving that disparity does not equate to decline"
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  • The hysteria over screen time damaging mental health is baseless, with evidence showing that moderate usage has little to no harmful effects.
    "Hysteria" "Baseless" "Little to no harmful effects"
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  • The idea that social media is rewiring human attention spans is pure fiction—it hasn’t shortened our focus, just transformed how we process information.
    "Pure fiction" ""Hasn’t shortened our focus, just transformed"
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  • Nutritional guidelines are built on outdated pseudoscience, pushing myths that have led to widespread health crises rather than improving public well-being.
    "Outdated pseudoscience" "Pushing myths" "Widespread health crises"
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  • The traditional university model is rapidly becoming obsolete, as online education and AI-driven learning will soon render brick-and-mortar institutions irrelevant.
    "Rapidly becoming obsolete" "Render brick-and-mortar institutions irrelevant"
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  • Standardized testing is an intellectual straitjacket, crushing creativity and ensuring that true academic excellence is systematically punished.
    "Intellectual straitjacket" "Crushing creativity""True academic excellence is systematically punished"
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  • The obsession with mindfulness and meditation is a modern placebo, offering no real benefits beyond the illusion of well-being.
    "Obsession with mindfulness" "Modern placebo" "No real benefits beyond the illusion of well-being"
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  • The space race is nothing more than a vanity project for billionaires, draining resources that could be solving real-world crises.
    "Nothing more than a vanity project" "Draining resources" "Solving real-world crises"
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  • Human memory is far less reliable than believed, making eyewitness testimony and personal recollections dangerously untrustworthy.
    ""Far less reliable" "Dangerously untrustworthy"
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