ONE of the greatest contributions of the internet and social media is the democratization of access by people to information, not only as consumers, but also as its sources and content creators. Tragically, this blessing has turned into a curse when just practically anyone who knows how to Google search and has the audacity to claim expertise in the guise of just expressing an opinion has acquired a platform. Worse, and riding at the back of political polarization and blind idolatry, this breed of pseudo-experts has challenged and, armed with a huge army of followers, overwhelmed those who really have the credentials.
There is a palpable anti-science, anti-profession agenda among many social media enablers. The sentiments of ordinary voices that have long been marginalized by elite institutions have attached their expressions to the agenda of political vendetta, as a form of payback, where formal degrees and credentials are devalued. In fact, suffixes that bestow professional titles have become markers for derision by the ordinary as essentially elitist and out of touch.
Research direction in old science is controlled by the academe and the scientific institutions, while in new science it is mainly a product of interaction with users. Quality of work is judged only by peers in old science, while it is judged not only by peers but also by users in new science. Natural and social scientists operating under old science work on minimizing uncertainty as much as possibleOn the other hand, new science recognizes that problems contain large and pervasive uncertainties.
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