Science Evangelists, YouTube, and the Woke Movement
| Article | |
|---|---|
| Title | Science Evangelists, YouTube, and the Woke Movement |
| Author(s) | David de Hilster |
| Published in | Beyond Mainstream |
| Date | 2016-10-12 |
| Subject area | Physics |
| Topics | science media, scientific method |
Read online | Read the full article |
Archived copy | Archived version |
| Retrieved | 2026-07-23 |
"Science Evangelists, YouTube, and the Woke Movement" is an article by David de Hilster published on 12 October 2016 on Beyond Mainstream.
De Hilster argues that science reporting has followed journalism generally: stories are selected to fit an owner's narrative, and what contradicts it is not aired but ridiculed. Big physics and cosmology, on his account, have self-appointed ambassadors performing that function for Einstein, Hawking, dark matter, the Big Bang and each new particle. He sees YouTube as the opening — a channel the gatekeepers do not control.