The More we Know, The More we Know we Don't Know | Paniez Paykari | TEDxTehran

The news media play a big role in our lives. The news media is how we keep an eye on the world and how we make sense of complicated issues and far away places. The news media are supposed to hold the powerful accountable, define our threats, and give us accurate information so we can form opinions and make decisions. But is the news media's number one priority to inform you? Or do they have another objective that we may not be aware? Veteran broadcast journalist Reza Sayah ​explains why the news media's objective isn't always to inform you with news you need, and why it's more important than ever to consume the news with a critical eye. Dr Paniez Paykari, born in London in 1982, is a cosmologist who is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Mullard Space Science Laboratory (MSSL) at University College London (UCL). She spent her childhood in Iran & fascinated by the cosmos from a young age, she knew by the age of 10 that she wanted to study astrophysics and never doubted that choice in her life. She received her Diploma in Mathematics in Iran in 1999 and moved to London for higher education. She received her M.Sci. (Master of Science) degree in Astrophysics from University College London (UCL) in 2006. She then moved to the Imperial College London for her Ph.D. degree in Cosmology, which she completed in 2009. Paniez then moved to France in 2010 to start her first postdoctoral position at Commissariat à l’Énergie Atomique (CEA). She was a Planck Scientist while at CEA — Planck is a telescope sent into space in 2009 to take pictures of our baby Universe when it was only 400,000 years old. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx