I really soured on the whole “wow can you believe this crazy science fact” targeted for adults kind of media when Instagram and Subreddits like “I Fucking Love Science” got massively popular. Which of course led to them enshitifying, then being worthwhile conduits for propaganda.

“SCIENCE FACT! Republican voters are known to be morons who don’t want to learn anything! Like and subscribe!”

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cogman10 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

I soured on science media when I learned just how terrible the "journalists" and editors are.

"Scientists find super duper magic unobtanium which does mystical things that will revolutionize the world!" Click through and "Bob found a conductor with slightly lower resistance than a previous material. It's created by a 500 step process which results in an organic chain that breaks down in temps above -40C."

The issue with the medium is every day needs an exciting headline. So they make them up rather than waiting for them to come.

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watwut 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Sounds correct about republican voters tho. And everyone suffers because of it.

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bluGill 4 days ago | parent [-]

Everyone suffers because you believe that stereotype instead of getting to know republicans and discovering it is false - many of them love science (who you vote for is a compromise - nobody will support everything you want them to)

	▲	watwut 4 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I do know republicans, I am from more of conservative environment. I still semi regularly read conservative journals. It is currently what it is. Trying to idealise that word serves no one. They dont like science. They used to like cosplay liking science, when it felt more manly or when they thought it sticks it to feminists. That interest ends long before any real science starts and have nothing to do with it. They dont think much of actual scientists.
	▲	gecko6 4 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Individual republicans may well love science, but the Republican party is and has been anti-science for a long time, and aggressively so.