Xinhua News Agency/Getty ImagesIn astrophysics, an event horizon and singularity are the two basic components of a black hole. According to study.com, an event horizon is “A boundary within spacetime itself beyond which events that happen can't affect you. The axiom “Trust but verify” has now evolved into “Maybe it’s true, maybe it’s not.”The scientific methodEither social media has destroyed the scientific method or we have hit the event horizon and better learn to live with it. Social media, however, operates on advertising revenues from clickbait articles just as news sources rely on sensationalist coverage for more eyeballs. How about just pushing for a return to respecting the scientific method and rigorously challenging a hypothesis?

Source: Forbes May 25, 2020 20:37 UTC