It's a quote that initially was in a hilarious context, but here it's seemingly out of place, and not really funny, almost feels forced in there randomly so it comes off pretentious.

Maybe if it was something like "Once upon a time humankind discovered the scientific method, the most accurate tool that they had so far. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move. To help with that here we have spotted some inaccurate articles to appease the angry."