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Pseudoarchaeology and the Pseudoscience Pipeline - Milo Rossi live at Virginia Tech (youtu.be)

submitted 6 months ago by happybadger@hexbear.net to c/history@hexbear.net

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I have spoken a lot about every pseudoarchaeological and fringe theory under the sun. But rarely have I talked about the implications and dangers of pseudoscience as a whole. How pseudoarchaeology is one of many routes into a dangerous anti-intellectualism pipeline. This video is on just that topic. A live lecture that I did at Virginia Tech back in March discussing the dangers of pseudo archaeology and how it is promoted by an algorithm that is (un)intentionally radicalizing viewers.

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[–] happybadger@hexbear.net 1 points 6 months ago

He's mentioning it in the context of the science communication part. At the end he comes back to it and contrasts the 40 people in the room who can receive a formal science education action versus the millions online who algorithmically get sucked into pseudoscience with a new video. It's like a "you're potentially reaching this many people and there's a social responsibility to not feed them bullshit" warning more than it is influencer bragging.