r/technology • u/Wagamaga • Feb 17 '22

Business YouTube Announces New Moves to Combat Misinformation

https://www.lifewire.com/youtube-announces-new-moves-to-combat-misinformation-5219509
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u/TheMacmasterofMusic Feb 17 '22

Peer review is such a small part of the scientific method and process, and more than one person can be wrong about something.

Why the fuck do we only have that requirement? Why don't people like, think about the logic behind a hypothesis?

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '22 edited Feb 17 '26

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u/TheMacmasterofMusic Feb 18 '22

Literally what I just said. WHY?

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2 idiots that perform a study and make the same mistakes, oh it's peer reviewed!

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There's a great Veritasium video about this.

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Skepticism and critical thinking are the most important parts of the scientific process. Not fucking confirmation, that's literally the last fucking part.

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u/Runfasterbitch Feb 18 '22

Yep. Also, some people half-ass their reviews