2986: Every Scientific Field - Revision history

Asdf: /* Trivia */ more fitting cat

2024-10-02T13:56:10Z

‎Trivia: more fitting cat

172.70.85.242 at 17:01, 1 October 2024

2024-10-01T17:01:48Z

162.158.62.230: /* Explanation */ En dashes detected, replaced with the proper em dashes

2024-09-24T16:53:32Z

‎Explanation: En dashes detected, replaced with the proper em dashes

162.158.154.186: /* Explanation */ Added em dashes to make for more readable punctuation

2024-09-24T16:50:53Z

‎Explanation: Added em dashes to make for more readable punctuation

Asdf: /* Explanation */ less than 99%

2024-09-20T11:43:44Z

‎Explanation: less than 99%

162.158.190.7: /* Explanation */

2024-09-20T10:34:11Z

‎Explanation

162.158.190.8: /* Explanation */

2024-09-20T10:33:48Z

‎Explanation

172.68.186.129: /* Explanation */ Lifecycle correction (in general, and only with the endoparasitic ones that clearly apply here).

2024-09-19T19:56:17Z

‎Explanation: Lifecycle correction (in general, and only with the endoparasitic ones that clearly apply here).

Laser813: A previous editor said the contrast was about "general news," but nothing in the comic is about news, so I demoted (but didn't fully remove) that contribution

2024-09-19T18:10:17Z

A previous editor said the contrast was about "general news," but nothing in the comic is about news, so I demoted (but didn't fully remove) that contribution

Apollo11: I belive theres a space there could be wrong tho

2024-09-19T14:00:42Z

I belive theres a space there could be wrong tho

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	[[Randall]] uses this pie chart to show that more than 95% of scientific topics are actually unknown to the general public, and he has listed three topics within the larger fields of cosmology, microbiology, and entomology as examples of obscure but consequential areas of research:		[[Randall]] uses this pie chart to show that more than 95% of scientific topics are actually unknown to the general public, and he has listed three topics within the larger fields of cosmology, microbiology, and entomology as examples of obscure but consequential areas of research:

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 The three categories listed in the comic are not random examples of obscure-sounding scientific knowledge; the terms themselves each have a subtle and clever double meaning for what counts as "obscure" knowledge:
 * The adjective "dark" can also describe a situation notable for a paucity of knowledge, as in the "{{w|Middle Ages|dark ages}}" or the "{{w|dark web}}", just like the "dark energy" form of energy is little known by the layperson.
-* The adjective "subsurface" connotes a world below the surface, just as laypeople are unaware of the world of biomass below the everyday surface of common knowledge. It's a similar metaphor to phrases like "sub rosa" – literally "under the rose" – and “undercover,” which refer to actions done in secret.
+* The adjective "subsurface" connotes a world below the surface, just as laypeople are unaware of the world of biomass below the everyday surface of common knowledge. It's a similar metaphor to phrases like "sub rosa" — literally "under the rose" — and “undercover,” which refer to actions done in secret.
 * Parasitoid wasps act covertly; their larvae can grow inside an insect — like a caterpillar — secretly, with no clear indication that the innards of the caterpillar are being slowly replaced with a wasp larva, similar to the hidden nature of this giant class of insects to the common layperson.

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 * The adjective "dark" can also describe a situation notable for a paucity of knowledge, as in the "{{w|Middle Ages|dark ages}}" or the "{{w|dark web}}", just like the "dark energy" form of energy is little known by the layperson.
 * The adjective "subsurface" connotes a world below the surface, just as laypeople are unaware of the world of biomass below the everyday surface of common knowledge. It's a similar metaphor to phrases like "sub rosa" – literally "under the rose" – and “undercover,” which refer to actions done in secret.
-* Parasitoid wasps act covertly; their larvae can grow inside an insect, like a caterpillar secretly, with no clear indication that the innards of the caterpillar are being slowly replaced with a wasp larva, similar to the hidden nature of this giant class of insects to the common layperson.
+* Parasitoid wasps act covertly; their larvae can grow inside an insect — like a caterpillar — secretly, with no clear indication that the innards of the caterpillar are being slowly replaced with a wasp larva, similar to the hidden nature of this giant class of insects to the common layperson.
 The title text jokingly wraps these three examples together.

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 {{incomplete|Created by 99 PERCENT OF PUBLISHED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}
-[[Randall]] uses this pie chart to show that 99% of scientific topics are actually unknown to the general public, and he has listed three topics within the larger fields of cosmology, microbiology, and entomology as examples of obscure but consequential areas of research:
+[[Randall]] uses this pie chart to show that more than 95% of scientific topics are actually unknown to the general public, and he has listed three topics within the larger fields of cosmology, microbiology, and entomology as examples of obscure but consequential areas of research:
 * {{w|Dark energy|"Dark energy"}} is the term used for the unknown cause of the {{w|accelerating expansion of the universe}}. It behaves like energy; if it is an energy, it contributes 68% of the total energy in the present-day {{w|observable universe}}.

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 [[Randall]] uses this pie chart to show that 99% of scientific topics are actually unknown to the general public, and he has listed three topics within the larger fields of cosmology, microbiology, and entomology as examples of obscure but consequential areas of research:
-* {{w|Dark energy|"Dark energy"}} is the term used for the unknown cause of the {{w|accelerating expansion of the universe}}. It behaves like energy, and if it is an energy, it contributes 68% of the total energy in the present-day {{w|observable universe}}.
+* {{w|Dark energy|"Dark energy"}} is the term used for the unknown cause of the {{w|accelerating expansion of the universe}}. It behaves like energy; if it is an energy, it contributes 68% of the total energy in the present-day {{w|observable universe}}.
 * The {{w|deep biosphere}} resides below the first few meters of the ground down to at least 10 and 21 km below the continental and sea surfaces respectively. The subsurface accounts for about 90% of the biomass across two of the three domains of life, {{w|Archaea}} and {{w|Bacteria}}.
-* {{w|Parasitoid wasp}}s lay their eggs on or in the bodies of other {{w|arthropod}}s, sooner or later causing the death of these hosts. They are a huge group, with the subgroup of {{w|Chalcidoidea}} alone comprising of an estimated 500,000 species.
+* {{w|Parasitoid wasp}}s lay their eggs on or in the bodies of other {{w|arthropod}}s, sooner or later causing the death of these hosts. They are a huge group, with the subgroup of {{w|Chalcidoidea}} alone comprising an estimated 500,000 species.
 The three categories listed in the comic are not random examples of obscure-sounding scientific knowledge; the terms themselves each have a subtle and clever double meaning for what counts as "obscure" knowledge:
-* The adjective "dark" can also describe a situation notable for a paucity of knowledge, as in the "dark ages" or the "dark web," just like the "dark energy" form of energy is little known by the layperson.
+* The adjective "dark" can also describe a situation notable for a paucity of knowledge, as in the "{{w|Middle Ageas|dark ages}}" or the "{{w|dark web}}", just like the "dark energy" form of energy is little known by the layperson.
 * The adjective "subsurface" connotes a world below the surface, just as laypeople are unaware of the world of biomass below the everyday surface of common knowledge. It's a similar metaphor to phrases like "sub rosa" – literally "under the rose" – and “undercover,” which refer to actions done in secret.
 * Parasitoid wasps act covertly; their larvae can grow inside an insect, like a caterpillar secretly, with no clear indication that the innards of the caterpillar are being slowly replaced with a wasp larva, similar to the hidden nature of this giant class of insects to the common layperson.
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 The title text jokingly wraps these three examples together.
-===Evidence for this phenomenom in science news===
+===Evidence for this phenomenon in science news===
-According to the [https://www.science.org/content/article/scienceadviser-scientists-are-publishing-too-many-papers-and-s-bad-science American Association for the Advancement of Science], nearly 3 million scientific research papers were published in 2022, the latest year for which numbers are conveniently available. A tiny percentage of these studies find their way to "general news" outlets, which, according to a [https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2017/09/20/general-news-outlets-are-the-most-common-science-news-source-most-seen-stories-highlight-discoveries-and-weird-findings/ 2017 report by the Pew Charitable Trust], are the principal sources of science news for non-scientists. According to that same report, "general news" sources preferentially cover scientific research findings that make "newsworthy" new discoveries, are "weird", or have "human interest" dimensions such as disagreements among celebrity scientists. There is also a bias towards certain topics, such as health and medicine. Consequently, vast domains of "science space" go unreported by general news, and hence are unknown to the general public.
+According to the [https://www.science.org/content/article/scienceadviser-scientists-are-publishing-too-many-papers-and-s-bad-science American Association for the Advancement of Science], nearly 3 million scientific research papers were published in 2022, the latest year for which numbers are conveniently available. A tiny percentage of these studies find their way to "general news" outlets, which, according to a [https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2017/09/20/general-news-outlets-are-the-most-common-science-news-source-most-seen-stories-highlight-discoveries-and-weird-findings/ 2017 report by the Pew Charitable Trust], are the principal sources of science news for non-scientists. According to that same report, "general news" sources preferentially cover scientific research findings that make "newsworthy" discoveries, are "weird", or have "human interest" dimensions such as disagreements among celebrity scientists. There is also a bias towards certain topics, such as health and medicine. Consequently, vast domains of "science space" go unreported by general news, and hence are unknown to the general public.
 ==Transcript==

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 ==Transcript==
-:[A pie chart, with a very slim section in the upperleft is shown. Both the thin section and the rest are labeled with lines going from label to the sections. Above this is a large header:]
+:[A pie chart, with a very slim section in the upper left is shown. Both the thin section and the rest are labeled with lines going from label to the sections. Above this is a large header:]
 :<big>The makeup of every scientific field:</big>
 :Thin section: Everything you've heard of