Precisely and most people today are no longer educated to understand how to properly vett dataAnd that's what so many new growers get caught up in. Social media cannot change scientific facts.
Here's a nice intro
LibGuides: Evaluating Information: Vetting Your Sources: Evaluating Academic Sources
This guide equips you with tools to evaluate sources within the, often times overwhelming, information landscape.
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When I went to college we had a class on this. We were taught how to use the library. How to rank information. How to search Medline, Chemline et cetera.