What is Protagonist Science?
The scientific method is one of the most important processes to understand in today’s technological age. Science is the protagonist in any story you will find here.
Currently, Protagonist Science is mostly an outlet for independent science journalism, debunking of SARS-CoV-2 conspiracy theories, and understanding how our information ecosystem asymmetrically favors emotionally engaging narratives at odds with science.
But we take it as we go along, right?
In the end, this endeavor is a long and slow love letter about finding the human element in our technological future.
Sometimes written, sometimes spoken, sometimes visualized. Never, ever not worth your time.
Scientific literacy as a superpower
Science and scientific knowledge should empower people and give them agency. Agency to question those in power, agency to challenge myth, manipulation, and magical thinking with a weight-of-evidence-based worldview.
Science as opportunity to shape the future
We think in narratives and live in mostly self-made fiction. All we really need is better stories, and those start by understanding the power of science for good and are rooted in a pluralistic, democratic and evidence-based worldview.
A lot is currently going wrong in the world. We are integrated into vulnerable information ecosystems we don’t fully understand. We live in an interconnected world that seems currently ill-equipped to face viral threats, both online and offline. Our democratic societies have taken a turn for the worse. We have to deal with perilous political movements while being divided into increasingly bespoke realities. We are currently marching toward a new dark age of monarchs, myth, manipulation, and magical thinking that all of us hoped to have left behind. The outlook is dire.
So I write and speak up using the power of science; simply because I cannot stand still when the world needs better options. My success is measured in you getting inspired and wanting to take action today to build towards a better tomorrow. Yet this is not my story, it is ours.
If you are doing something science-related or want to build a better future based on facts and scientific evidence, feel free to connect with me and tell me your story.
Stay safe, stay smart, stay connected.
