Mar 26, 2018 at 10:25 AM -
Statboy:
group think and echo chambers. I read a good paper on that the other day. Who would've thought that improving the exchange of information would increase both correct and incorrect information
Mar 26, 2018 at 10:26 AM -
Statboy:
Perfect world it would eliminate incorrect info because you even information at your disposal to disprove it.
Mar 26, 2018 at 10:26 AM -
Statboy:
Ostrich effect, people care more about being proven right, then being right
Mar 26, 2018 at 10:27 AM -
VaultBot: tc thats the whitest thing you've ever said
Mar 26, 2018 at 10:27 AM -
Statboy:
so they stick their heads in the sand
Mar 26, 2018 at 10:27 AM -
Reechard:
In Neal Stephenson's book "Anathem"
Mar 26, 2018 at 10:27 AM -
Reechard:
it's about a civilization that's similar to humanity, only like 2000 years further in history
Mar 26, 2018 at 10:28 AM -
Reechard:
and their internet-equivalent has similar issues to what we've been dealing with, only at a much higher ratio
Mar 26, 2018 at 10:28 AM -
Reechard:
in that if you want to find something, you have to sift through thousands and thousands and thousands of "bullshit" hits
Mar 26, 2018 at 10:29 AM -
Reechard:
and if you want a real, true result, it has to come from a reputable source and have proper references from actual experts on the subject
Mar 26, 2018 at 10:29 AM -
Reechard:
and those references have to be verified as legitimate
Mar 26, 2018 at 10:30 AM -
Reechard:
so finding "real" information is a chore because there's a lot of not-automatable work to be done
Mar 26, 2018 at 10:31 AM -
Statboy:
My woman would love you forever if that came true. She's a research librarian
Mar 26, 2018 at 10:32 AM -
VaultBot: and not have heard it is, have not seen it personally
Mar 26, 2018 at 10:32 AM -
Statboy:
her job is find good scholarly articles at her library, she is a pro at weeding through the bullshit. The problem as she sees it, is that the good and intelligent hits that you are looking for
Mar 26, 2018 at 10:32 AM -
Reechard:
it's already coming true
Mar 26, 2018 at 10:32 AM -
VaultBot: don't beat your kids or house them in a meth lab and we'll be cool
Mar 26, 2018 at 10:32 AM -
Statboy:
are written by people who need to get paid for their work, so its not free
Mar 26, 2018 at 10:33 AM -
Reechard:
Lava is having the *worst* time trying to find legitimate research for her dissertation
Mar 26, 2018 at 10:33 AM -
Reechard:
because it involves essential oils
Mar 26, 2018 at 10:33 AM -
TimeCrush:
Bahahah
Mar 26, 2018 at 10:33 AM -
Reechard:
and that topic is about 99.9999% bullshit
Mar 26, 2018 at 10:33 AM -
Reechard:
on the internet
Mar 26, 2018 at 10:33 AM -
VaultBot: at first i didn't realize that was supposed to be eligible to get financial aid.
Mar 26, 2018 at 10:33 AM -
Statboy:
send me lava's email, i'll have my fiance email some sites to look up things on. Though most aren't free
Mar 26, 2018 at 10:35 AM -
Statboy:
also Lava's school should have either a Research or Reference librarian that can help. Most schools do
Mar 26, 2018 at 10:35 AM -
Reechard:
yeah she's doing OK now, but when she started it was awful
Mar 26, 2018 at 10:35 AM -
Reechard:
I'll have her PM you :=D
Mar 26, 2018 at 10:37 AM -
Statboy:
My fiance had to take a class on the very issue, she's working on her masters. Librarians are very up in arms and fighting this head on, so support your local library
Mar 26, 2018 at 10:39 AM -
Statboy:
Librarians are not taking false information burying scholarly information sitting down. They have national groups with meetings and seminars about how to stop the spread of bad information
Mar 26, 2018 at 10:40 AM -
Statboy:
you have no idea how much I have to hear about this at the dinner table
Mar 26, 2018 at 10:43 AM -
Statboy:
For psych stuff, she says she recommends these two
Mar 26, 2018 at 10:44 AM -
Statboy:
https://www.apa.org/pubs/databases/psycinfo/index.aspx?tab=1
Mar 26, 2018 at 10:44 AM -
Statboy:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed
Mar 26, 2018 at 5:20 PM -
VintagePC:
It gets worse the more profit there is to be made in any given field