Professional scientists have relied on the average person in the street who have an interest in science but are not qualified to participate in research activities.
The activity is known as citizen science and in fields such as astronomy the research from citizen scientists is at times of such high quality, their work appears in peer reviewed journals.
Here is a general description of citizen science.
Here is a specific example of citizen science.
An area which will impact on citizen science which I am not sure is for the better is AI.
The activity is known as citizen science and in fields such as astronomy the research from citizen scientists is at times of such high quality, their work appears in peer reviewed journals.
Here is a general description of citizen science.
An area which will impact on citizen science which I am not sure is for the better is AI.