Is This Wi-Fi Organic?: A Guide to Spotting Misleading Science Online (Science Myths Debunked)

by Farina, Dave
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ISBN: 9781642504156
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Overview

"Everything is Science" is about those aspects of science that affect us all. Food, medicine, and technology. Earth, sea, and sky. Light, heat, and fire. Science is the study of everything around us, and it has revealed that all of these things are nothing more than molecules and energy. This sort of scientific inquiry has been ongoing for centuries, ultimately yielding all of the modernity that is inextricable from our everyday experience: from cures to diseases to city-shattering bombs, science is behind all of it. The good and the bad. The ugly and the beautiful. And it is our responsibility to understand it. But one of our scientific breakthroughs is fighting against us: the internet. Unarguably, one of the greatest inventions in humankind, is slowing taking a torch to the community that helped create it. We all joke about creating robots that are so smart that they'll overtake the human race. And while that is (somewhat) a bit far-fetched, the internet is a microcosm of that fear. We live in the information age, giving us access to every datum ever collected and every opinion its originator thought fit to share. But with this has come a paradigm shift in how we interface with information. Prior to the internet, there were sources of information that were unanimously agreed upon to be authoritative and trustworthy. On television, the news was merely a recounting of the day's events. The Encyclopedia Britannica was viewed as a conclusive source of facts on every subject. That time is gone, and it's never coming back. Today, the internet serves as a magic mirror, a place where people go to confirm pre-existing bias. Outlets that reflect what we already "know" are correct and reliable, and those that disagree are fraudulent, untrustworthy, paid for by malevolent institutions, or worse. This assessment rarely has any consideration for the qualifications of those who produce this content, which is why we call it the "post-truth era", as irrefutable facts and the firm consensus of the entire scientific community are often eschewed in favor of charlatans who peddle nothing more than a click-bait narrative. Such pseudo-scientific outlets have become popular largely in response to unethical practices enacted by large corporations, but far too often a legitimate distrust in industry is misplaced onto science itself, at times with disastrous consequences for the population. This book aims to fight back. To provide readers with the perspective and background needed to decipher the facts from the fiction. Everything is Science returns to the basics of science, using the pillars of the scientific process to help the reader learn how to identify truths.
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Author: Farina, Dave
  • ISBN: 9781642504156
  • Condition: New
  • Dimensions: 6.90 x 0.90
  • Number Of Pages: 286
  • Publication Year: 2021
Language: English

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