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'''Historically information was scarce, but now due to the internet information is in | '''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'''. Oligopolies of media.]] | [[File:Corporate owners-media.png|alt=Oligo|thumb|'''Figure 2'''. Oligopolies of media.]] | ||
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=== Scientific Bias === | === Scientific Bias === | ||
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 private corporations 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. | [[File:Journal oligopoly.png|alt=Journal oligopoly|thumb|'''Figure 3'''. Journal oligopoly]] | ||
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. | ||