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Originally Posted by dmill1220  [snip] How do we know the right Astronomer or group Scientists are actually Monitoring these Areas?
Has Anyone seen a Actual Scientific Debate by current leaders in their field of Astronomical subjects on this site?
Im just curious on how they keep it accurate.
Dennis  |
A reasonable question! I have seen some of the exchanges between parties doing the editing, but I have no idea Who they are/were. On the other hand, I've come to trust Wiki fairly well only because I've compared some of their entries to original releases from NASA, a few books by experts, magazine articles, etc. - not extensively though. And I might wonder if "certified" astronomers or scientists are really required to do any monitoring - there seems to be enough "amateurs" to keep each other honest such that any innacuracy would be immediately pounced on and corrected with glee replete with references, citations, verifiable sources, etc. Heh, this seems to be the nature of the human beast where the Internet is concerned - open critiquing and critical exchanges often carry far less social restrictions than real-world, in-person situations - if an amateur finds that an expert is wrong on the Internet, I think that amateur feels less compunction to defer or "hold back" than in real life. But that's just the impression I've gotten so far.