TIL that Natalie Portman has had papers published in two scientific journals. While at Harvard, she co-authored a study called “Frontal Lobe Activation during Object Permanence: Data from Near-Infrared Spectroscopy.”
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Posted in r/todayilearned by u/the_one_below • 24,081 points and 417 comments

When we have a critical mass of people, we can get random experts chiming in about interesting topics in an organic way.

  • Anon518@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    19·
    23 days ago

    we can get random experts chiming in about interesting topics in an organic way

    1. In my experience, many of the people claiming to be experts on reddit are spreading misinformation. This goes for Twitter too, and probably most other large social media sites. People love to be seen as an authority on a topic.
    2. Reddit is anything but organic, and is getting worse and worse in this regard.
  • MimicJar@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    23 days ago

    we can get random experts chiming in about interesting topics

    Lol we have that now… just be sure to phrase your question in the form of a Linux distro.

    But to be serious I do think we’re heading that way, but it’s going to take a long time, likely as long as it took Reddit (if not longer).