I bet you will be surprised when you check the author of that Reddit thread
The most significant ethical objection is that financial incentives can corrupt the truth. When a journalist offers money for a story, they inadvertently create a market...
...which would be funny if everyone saw it as entertainment. But alas, no. A lot of people seem to use it as kind of a "gateway drug" and take it seriously, and once down that rabbit hole they fall prey to all kinds of conspiracies.
Hello to everyone, been lurking around Metabunk for quite awhile and although I really don't post unless I have something new or critical to add I do really enjoy the content
I'm one more who read Chariots of the Gods when I was a little kid. At the time I wasn't aware he was a proponent of pseudo scientific theories. I saw that as sophisticated literature and in fact it even helped me maturing my passion for science...
Hello to everyone, been lurking around Metabunk for quite awhile and although I really don't post unless I have something new or critical to add I do really enjoy the content
Hello to everyone, been lurking around Metabunk for quite awhile and although I really don't post unless I have something new or critical to add I do really enjoy the content
Hello to everyone, been lurking around Metabunk for quite awhile and although I really don't post unless I have something new or critical to add I do really enjoy the content
I bet you will be surprised when you check the author of that Reddit thread
The most significant ethical objection is that financial incentives can corrupt the truth. When a journalist offers money for a story, they inadvertently create a market...
It's a known fact multiple people involved in this case (and very likely others discussed on Metabunk) ask for money to give their accounts. That doesn't mean automatically they are lying, though.
It would be naive (really) to assume they would...
Blending real-world investigation with adventure and speculative science,
Well, I guess we could say they're being kinda honest? It's a dudes weekend adventure video with UFOs as the excuse.
Arizona's Rogue Research & Recon Team travels...