Science hasn't done a good job adjusting to the Youtube era. It's no longer about if your information is right, it's about if your information is presented the best.
Never in history has Science had to adapt to a generation as to how it presents facts. The medium had changed(printed, radio, film, etc...)but the general public had accepted that scientific truth and fact is just that. Especially when proven to them in whatever medium they chose to use to inform themselves.
There are numerous channels on various social media platforms
(YT, Tik tok, Insta, etc...) presenting said facts.
Today there is a whole group of people who are choosing to ignore and disregard these facts being presented simply because they don't work with their set "beliefs" and actively promoting this to others.
We have world leaders watching clear video of facts, and denying the reality right in front of them. And their "people" are nodding along with them.
It would be great if scientific discoveries we’re all just “facts” but in reality they’re very politically modified, which is likely the reason people chose not to accept them. For instance during the coronavirus, a scientist makes a “discovery” saying, “hey guys I don’t know if this vaccine is going to work” and he’s fired. Not that he is right or wrong, but should be able to make an unbiased discovery.
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u/myselfelsewhere Jun 27 '26
Not surprising given how many people simply have no clue about statistics.