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'''Historically information was scarce, but now, due to the internet information is in [[Library of Babel|overabundance]] and it's difficult to know what to [[A free press is one you pay for|trust]].''' Wikipedia has tried to combat this issue, by listing which sources are most reliable and excluding those which prefer clicks over fact:[[File:News hierarchy.jpg|alt=News hierarchy|center|960x960px|'''Figure 1'''. Wikipedia's news reliability hierarchy]] | '''Historically information was scarce, but now, due to the internet information is in [[Library of Babel|overabundance]] and it's difficult to know what to [[A free press is one you pay for|trust]].''' Wikipedia has tried to combat this issue, by listing which sources are most reliable and excluding those which prefer clicks over fact:[[File:News hierarchy.jpg|alt=News hierarchy|center|960x960px|'''Figure 1'''. Wikipedia's news reliability hierarchy]] | ||
[[File:Corporate owners-media.png|alt=Oligo|thumb|'''Figure 2'''. | [[File:Corporate owners-media.png|alt=Oligo|thumb|'''Figure 2'''. Oligopoly of popular media.]] | ||
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=== Scientific Bias === | === Scientific Bias === | ||
[[File:Journal oligopoly.png|alt=Journal oligopoly|thumb|'''Figure 3'''. | [[File:Journal oligopoly.png|alt=Journal oligopoly|thumb|'''Figure 3'''. Oligopoly of Scientific Journals.]] | ||
Unfortunately, this is not the end of the story. Independent scientists publish scientific papers via journals. These journals more often than not are owned by a few private corporations (See '''Figure 3''') which can reject or accept the articles based upon their own interests. This maybe the root cause of something called the [[Replication Crisis|replication crisis]], which is the fact that the majority of scientific findings published in journals cannot be reproduced by another scientist. | Unfortunately, this is not the end of the story. Independent scientists publish scientific papers via journals. These journals more often than not are owned by a few private corporations (See '''Figure 3''') which can reject or accept the articles based upon their own interests. This maybe the root cause of something called the [[Replication Crisis|replication crisis]], which is the fact that the majority of scientific findings published in journals cannot be reproduced by another scientist. | ||
So whilst the scientific information may be more rigorous than popular media, it is still subject to bias. To overcome this BurnZero has adapted a [[critical analysis]] weighting system which give preference to sources which are thought to contain less bias relative to others. | So whilst the scientific information may be more rigorous than popular media, it is still subject to bias. To overcome this BurnZero has adapted a [[critical analysis]] weighting system which give preference to sources which are thought to contain less bias relative to others. | ||