Eli5: With all of the research coming out every day, how do people stay up to date?
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No one really stay up to date with all of the news, at best we can do is having few person that saw the recent news, then those people share it to others, overall we human are social animal
No one really stay up to date with all of the news, at best we can do is having few person that saw the recent news, then those people share it to others, overall we human are social animal
No one really stay up to date with all of the news, at best we can do is having few person that saw the recent news, then those people share it to others, overall we human are social animal
they don’t. even scientists do not aknowledge new facts right away, some are denying them out of pride or jealousy
they don’t. even scientists do not aknowledge new facts right away, some are denying them out of pride or jealousy
they don’t. even scientists do not aknowledge new facts right away, some are denying them out of pride or jealousy
You really don’t. I mean even the smartest scientists, clinicians, and researchers can’t know everything: that’s generally why they specialize in a few or one thing. Unless they love research so much they just binge on other research fields when they get home from work 😂. Often they have people gathering research for them. Often it’s just a formality like for politicians who cherry pick to support their opinions. Or it’s just to make money, less about empirical evidence and progress.
You gotta wait a couple years sometimes unless a huge slew of big studies, especially from credible publications, are coming out saying the same thing around the same time, and you’re probably literally seeing it happen in real-time like with COVID-19 reduction protocols/deaths. The former is to ensure it’s not just noteworthy research, but that it can be replicated. But obviously, the person or group funds studies needs to be heavily considered. It doesn’t preclude factual findings, but makes them much less likely. Prager U isn’t pumping out anything worth much more than shit.
There are some areas where it’s much less likely to not having corporate-funded studies like with pharmaceutical development, because only they can absorb the cost of R&D and FDA approval. But like with oil company funded/influenced studies on
Climate Change, we clearly were being fed misinformation that contradicted a larger, more credible multi-decade body of research showing Climate Change was real and a threat (some of them by oil companies 😂).
Regardless, if and when the body of research is compelling enough to present as likely true and provable, and the research findings are pertinent to one’s job, they will attend conferences or regular meetings to consider or apply said findings, particularly to see how they work in real-time practice.
In your personal life for the not scientific professional, but smart person, who wants to stay informed or use it to guide their views, politics, or own type of work/art, this is where going to college actually comes in handy. In even the soft sciences, one must learn how to interpret studies, statistics and even conduct solid research themselves. Your how to read and search for primary sources instead of just listening to supposedly trustworthy oeol>You of course learn the critical understanding that correlation does not equal causation. Doesn’t mean causation is impossible to prove.
P.S. Yes there is a replication crisis in sociology and psychology especially – particularly with older studies. I know Lancet et al have pooped the bed before; doesn’t mean you throw the baby out with the bathwater and say it’s all lies. You fix what’s wrong, and keep what’s right: that’s science. Usually decent studies have more right than wrong. No one nails causation in one take like the Daniel Day Lewis of critical studies. You build and build on existing knowledge and test in life.
You really don’t. I mean even the smartest scientists, clinicians, and researchers can’t know everything: that’s generally why they specialize in a few or one thing. Unless they love research so much they just binge on other research fields when they get home from work 😂. Often they have people gathering research for them. Often it’s just a formality like for politicians who cherry pick to support their opinions. Or it’s just to make money, less about empirical evidence and progress.
You gotta wait a couple years sometimes unless a huge slew of big studies, especially from credible publications, are coming out saying the same thing around the same time, and you’re probably literally seeing it happen in real-time like with COVID-19 reduction protocols/deaths. The former is to ensure it’s not just noteworthy research, but that it can be replicated. But obviously, the person or group funds studies needs to be heavily considered. It doesn’t preclude factual findings, but makes them much less likely. Prager U isn’t pumping out anything worth much more than shit.
There are some areas where it’s much less likely to not having corporate-funded studies like with pharmaceutical development, because only they can absorb the cost of R&D and FDA approval. But like with oil company funded/influenced studies on
Climate Change, we clearly were being fed misinformation that contradicted a larger, more credible multi-decade body of research showing Climate Change was real and a threat (some of them by oil companies 😂).
Regardless, if and when the body of research is compelling enough to present as likely true and provable, and the research findings are pertinent to one’s job, they will attend conferences or regular meetings to consider or apply said findings, particularly to see how they work in real-time practice.
In your personal life for the not scientific professional, but smart person, who wants to stay informed or use it to guide their views, politics, or own type of work/art, this is where going to college actually comes in handy. In even the soft sciences, one must learn how to interpret studies, statistics and even conduct solid research themselves. Your how to read and search for primary sources instead of just listening to supposedly trustworthy oeol>You of course learn the critical understanding that correlation does not equal causation. Doesn’t mean causation is impossible to prove.
P.S. Yes there is a replication crisis in sociology and psychology especially – particularly with older studies. I know Lancet et al have pooped the bed before; doesn’t mean you throw the baby out with the bathwater and say it’s all lies. You fix what’s wrong, and keep what’s right: that’s science. Usually decent studies have more right than wrong. No one nails causation in one take like the Daniel Day Lewis of critical studies. You build and build on existing knowledge and test in life.
You really don’t. I mean even the smartest scientists, clinicians, and researchers can’t know everything: that’s generally why they specialize in a few or one thing. Unless they love research so much they just binge on other research fields when they get home from work 😂. Often they have people gathering research for them. Often it’s just a formality like for politicians who cherry pick to support their opinions. Or it’s just to make money, less about empirical evidence and progress.
You gotta wait a couple years sometimes unless a huge slew of big studies, especially from credible publications, are coming out saying the same thing around the same time, and you’re probably literally seeing it happen in real-time like with COVID-19 reduction protocols/deaths. The former is to ensure it’s not just noteworthy research, but that it can be replicated. But obviously, the person or group funds studies needs to be heavily considered. It doesn’t preclude factual findings, but makes them much less likely. Prager U isn’t pumping out anything worth much more than shit.
There are some areas where it’s much less likely to not having corporate-funded studies like with pharmaceutical development, because only they can absorb the cost of R&D and FDA approval. But like with oil company funded/influenced studies on
Climate Change, we clearly were being fed misinformation that contradicted a larger, more credible multi-decade body of research showing Climate Change was real and a threat (some of them by oil companies 😂).
Regardless, if and when the body of research is compelling enough to present as likely true and provable, and the research findings are pertinent to one’s job, they will attend conferences or regular meetings to consider or apply said findings, particularly to see how they work in real-time practice.
In your personal life for the not scientific professional, but smart person, who wants to stay informed or use it to guide their views, politics, or own type of work/art, this is where going to college actually comes in handy. In even the soft sciences, one must learn how to interpret studies, statistics and even conduct solid research themselves. Your how to read and search for primary sources instead of just listening to supposedly trustworthy oeol>You of course learn the critical understanding that correlation does not equal causation. Doesn’t mean causation is impossible to prove.
P.S. Yes there is a replication crisis in sociology and psychology especially – particularly with older studies. I know Lancet et al have pooped the bed before; doesn’t mean you throw the baby out with the bathwater and say it’s all lies. You fix what’s wrong, and keep what’s right: that’s science. Usually decent studies have more right than wrong. No one nails causation in one take like the Daniel Day Lewis of critical studies. You build and build on existing knowledge and test in life.
I would say to pick something you care about and stick to that. Read any articles and then look to accompanying markets or ideas and read about them too as they pertain to the original thing you want to know about. You can’t know everything and even trying to know everything can be confusing and daunting. Also, learn about relevant things that pertain to your life as going out into the void for the sake of what’s popular can be worthless. For instance if you’re interested in the problems of the Middle East but can’t really do much about it or be apart of it, it can feel overwhelming vs you’re interested in electric vehicles or green energy, that is something you can get involved in and make real connections with. It’s better to worry about the things that you can possibly have an impact with or is relevant to you as that’s what can give a level of purpose you can’t get with just knowing random facts that you can do anything with except talk about at a party.
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