I think this is going to be a serious problem for scientific advancement over the upcoming decades. Look at how many people are posting stupid ass memes about how the ozone layer hole was a hoax, despite the fact that we moved mountains to fix it.
At this point misinformation travels so rapidly that scientific progress is actually used as positive evidence that the science isn’t working–because it works too well and people are too stupid to see what’s actually happening.
Are they really doing that? I hadn’t heard this one, yet. I was really hoping everyone just knew that we fixed it and that was a good thing… I literally had classes about it…
Yup. I’ve also seen memes with people claiming stupid shit like "are we finally willing to concede that COVID was a hoax and the vaccine mandates were [insert something dumb about muh rights].
Vaccines cause an adult population that’s healthy enough to question the efficacy of vaccines.
I think this is going to be a serious problem for scientific advancement over the upcoming decades. Look at how many people are posting stupid ass memes about how the ozone layer hole was a hoax, despite the fact that we moved mountains to fix it.
At this point misinformation travels so rapidly that scientific progress is actually used as positive evidence that the science isn’t working–because it works too well and people are too stupid to see what’s actually happening.
Most preventative measures fall in the category of ‘an adequate response will look like an overreaction’. It’s a really tough catch 22.
Are they really doing that? I hadn’t heard this one, yet. I was really hoping everyone just knew that we fixed it and that was a good thing… I literally had classes about it…
Yup. I’ve also seen memes with people claiming stupid shit like "are we finally willing to concede that COVID was a hoax and the vaccine mandates were [insert something dumb about muh rights].