#in a perfect and beautiful world they would just list in-text citations by default

[nateconnolly]

A lot of you guys use precise scientific terminology wrong because it's a meme! Here's what they REALLY mean:

[wrong definition without citation]

[wrong definition without citation]

[word that is in fact TikTok slang, not a scientific term]

[wrong definition without citation]

[wrong definition that implies mentally ill people should be fed to wood chippers]

#science communicators should always be willing to share their sources #in a perfect and beautiful world they would just list in-text citations by default #but im aware that in reality this would probably lower the popular appeal of sci com #so i can accept why people don't do it