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As a reader of the magazine for the past 35 years or so, Scientific American, the print publication, has devolved into what Popular Science was about 20 years a
by jdkee 5y ago
As a reader of the magazine for the past 35 years or so, Scientific American, the print publication, has devolved into what Popular Science was about 20 years ago. Sensationalist headlines, writing geared towards a much lower reading comprehension level and the introduction of politics and opinion in various articles.
A sad state of affairs for a once great publication, unfortunately.
However, the mantle has been taken up by online publications such as Quanta, Aeon, Edge and Nautilus, as well as various science authors on Medium and Substack.
- kbelder 5y agoWhen I was about 13 or so, my father brought home a foot-tall stack of Scientific American issues. He was a logger, but knew I was interested in science. This would have been mid-80s. I read each of those, cover-to-cover, so many times. Barely understanding anything the first time; slowly increasing my comprehension over the months and years. Writing programs in BASIC on my C64 to recreate fractals, or simulate evolutionary processes. It really affected my life profoundly. I say all that to just emphasize how heartbreaking it is to see what a trash magazine SA is now. In print since the middle of the 19th century, and ruined just in the last 10-15 years. It's a true loss.