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[–] [email protected] 117 points 5 months ago

I don't know about "STEM Influencers", but in this age of rampant misinformation, we NEED science communicators in as many formats as possible to reach as many people as possible!

I'd rather too many than not enough.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I learned more from “STEM influencers” than I had from classroom educators. And it was much more enjoyable and easier to understand.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I don't know about STEM, but Youtube appears to employ more philosophy PHDs than any dozen universities.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Sadly it seems like the philosophy PhDs getting the real cash from YouTube are the ones that peddle extreme misogyny and other various bigotries, eg lobster man.

Edit: wait, mixing up my Ps there, he’s a psych phd and not philosophy

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

A philosopher should know better!

[–] [email protected] 25 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Stellerarts, aka Dr. Laci Brock, makes cool art on Instagram.

And this was a real retort she made and told us about a while back. Lmao

[–] [email protected] 22 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Imagine you being so shallow that you think other people's honest work makes them unworthy...

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago

I think it's moreso they're, by way of the terminology chose, point themselves in with the likes of "mom blogs" and other social media hustle trash.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 months ago

Beats being a conspiracy theorist. I would be a science communicator any day of the week, over being insane.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Stem influencer? I believe Botanists call it something else.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

"stem influencing" is what i call my late night funtimes

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago

Yeah im def on the side of science communicators. Make real info accessible and fun especially for younguns.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago

Sounds like the dream to me - no more funding applications!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Place the hate where it is deserved, like being the “doctor” that denies health insurance claims or the executive at a big pharma company.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

He's got a point... I didn't spend this long in school in order to treat people who know less than I do without contempt.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

Or “Tunnel Enthusiast”

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

being a science communicator is good when you're on TV, but bad when you're on the internet

sorry, i don't make the rules, but i can inform that asking your viewers to watch your channel on a TV will make you legitimate.