As a teen, I thought I was going to be a physics professor. Loved the heck out of the citizen science involved in astronomy research as well. Thought we were on the cusp of something extraordinary online.

Today, many life dreams later, I came across this video, which doesn't just correct info about a so-called exoplanet; it also depicts how mangled everyday #science info is (made worse by AI!).

We could've had such nice things.

#MediaLiteracy #ScienceLiteracy
#Space
https://youtu.be/EzrwL3W5wl4

@MLClark unbelievable!! And I thought the NASA website was reliable!! And yes, misinformation spreads rapidly online, in almost every topic.

@Jorro

It says something about our state of affairs that, early in internet days, folks were taught to treat Wikipedia with caution because it's curated by a group of everyday editors. But years on, as expert sites & forums have been underfunded or lost amid a deluge of bad info, we now know Wiki is a rare example of fairly reliable intel, & we desperately need more investment in such curation elsewhere, too.

Trouble is, our online "town hall" is mainly a bunch private, for-profit platforms!

@MLClark and I’m guilty in part too, I have been using an AI browser like if it is the law .

@Jorro

Oh, that's only human. When shiny new objects are put in our line of sight, we do love to play with them!

What did you do before the AI browser? How did you corroborate data, when you needed to?

@MLClark I’m a fact checking obsessive person, I usually google stuff two or three times , so google is or was my main source but I found out they miss the goal too .