To infinity and beyond!

Hyperspace!

When I started trying to classify galaxies and whatnot, I felt a little bit under-qualified. Even though they gave us pictures to use as a comparison, I just felt a little bit ehhhh every time I put an answer in. But after a little while I became more confident. Yeah!

I really like the idea of citizen science. Giving anyone who wants to be involved a chance to participate in scientific discovery is just a really cool idea. It's also so efficient! When I read the article about how the Zooniverse was started, I found it interesting that they minimize the classification error by giving the same picture multiple times to different people. That made me feel a little better about my iffy classifications. Ha! I think that by making sure every image is classified multiple times, it becomes more accurate and usable by the scientific community. This approach to science is useful for any project that is large (like the universe or the sea floor), and it could also be used as a larger-scale peer review system.