‘Kardashian index’ in science

July 30, 2014

A great article discussing the major issue of hyped social media presence:

“Social media makes it very easy for people to build a seemingly impressive persona by essentially ‘shouting louder’ than others. Having an opinion on something does not make one an expert.”

http://genomebiology.com/2014/15/7/424

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