Forging scientific communication for technological progress and democracy

In the past years, the scientific and research communities have been put in this awkward position to apologise for non-experts' spread of misinformation

including that scientists are corrupt because their facts do not align with what has been widely disseminated.

Either anonymously through social media or well-established show hosts selectively invite a single guest to promote a specific direction agenda rather than asking a panel of experts to allow their audience to draw conclusions.

Is it miscommunication, selective, or partially presented information to serve individuals' personal experiences and backgrounds, and what they are more willing to accept as relatable to them?

In this solo episode, I untangle the labyrinth of the social media role where anyone can use science for entertainment, sensationalism to boost self-worth and confidence blurred with professional recognition vs the accurate messages of science and how to promote the critical ability needed by the public to separate facts from interpretations not only in the field of science communication also for forging democracy.

Music: "Fortitude" by Humans Win

Source: Storyblocks

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