Re:‘Pre-bunk’ game reduces susceptibility to disinformation
by autoexec on Wednesday June 26, 2019 @02:23PM
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exactly. Science shares a fair bit of the blame too. Not enough peer review and verification of results. Corporations can pay scientists for whatever results they want to put out in a press release and there is no shortage of journals that will publish total garbage if you're willing to pay them enough. The lack of integrity and oversight in the scientific community makes it very hard for people to tell what they can safely consider authoritative.
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Re:‘Pre-bunk’ game reduces susceptibility to disinformation
by Sohcahtoa82 on Wednesday June 26, 2019 @03:28PM
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> Not enough peer review and verification of results. Corporations can pay scientists for whatever results they want to put out in a press release and there is no shortage of journals that will publish total garbage if you're willing to pay them enough.
There's a term for this.
Re:‘Pre-bunk’ game reduces susceptibility to disinformation
by genericone on Wednesday June 26, 2019 @02:40PM
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Science is science as long as it is used and examined by scientific minds.
Scientific results and studies are indistinguishable from propoganda when used to sway/lead/inform the public. I'm not saying science is propoganda, I'm saying it becomes indistinguishable for those who aren't participating in performing the research or understanding the research methodologies.
Re:‘Pre-bunk’ game reduces susceptibility to disinformation
by autoexec on Wednesday June 26, 2019 @03:52PM
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It's also been used to deliberately mislead and misinform the public. The tobacco industry had no problems finding scientists willing to mislead the public about the impacts of their products on consumers heath.