In 2018, I read a Forbes article that said that 1 in 3 people aged 18-24 are not entirely certain that the Earth is round. I was shocked. If Gen Z can't agree on such a basic fact of science, how can we come together to solve the world's problems?
Two years later, the COVID-19 pandemic took place -- and this trend only continued to worsen. My friends were all getting their information on the pandemic from social media platforms like TikTok and YouTube, and much of this information was false. I looked around and saw people who I grew up with completely unaware of what was a truth and what as a lie. As someone who had always been interested in science, I decided to start sharing the truth on the platforms where my generation was getting their information: not from school, news articles, or textbooks, but from social media.
That was the day Project Gen Z Science began.
Two years later, the COVID-19 pandemic took place -- and this trend only continued to worsen. My friends were all getting their information on the pandemic from social media platforms like TikTok and YouTube, and much of this information was false. I looked around and saw people who I grew up with completely unaware of what was a truth and what as a lie. As someone who had always been interested in science, I decided to start sharing the truth on the platforms where my generation was getting their information: not from school, news articles, or textbooks, but from social media.
That was the day Project Gen Z Science began.