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By a former SciAm columnist: https://michaelshermer.substack.com/p/scientific-american-goes-woke https://michaelshermer.substack.com/p/scientific-american-go..

by vonnik 2y ago

By a former SciAm columnist: https://michaelshermer.substack.com/p/scientific-american-goes-woke https://michaelshermer.substack.com/p/scientific-american-go...

pavel_lishin 2y ago
I don't think he actually ever shows how SciAm has gone off the rails in that post, though. He just asserts that it has, and then does a lot of research showing that allegedly, everything is fine now, and then complains about an article that was rejected because of a specific example he wanted to use. It would be nice if he, instead, had more numbers about what types of articles Scientific American started running over the past decade, showing a move towards "going woke" as he puts it. As it is, it just sounds like he's mad that his article was rejected.
- lanstin 2y ago
  Science is woke (global warming is real; LBGT is natural; the variance between groups is swamped by variance within groups whether that be racial or gender; coal is stupid; gun violence is mostly accidents and suicides; etc etc). One of the impressive things SciAm did this year is endorse the reality based candidate, VP Harris.
  - musicale 2y ago
    "Scientific American Didn’t Need to Endorse Anybody" https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2024/09/scientific-american-harris-endorsement-science-covid/679931/ https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2024/09/scie...
  - throwaway1226 2y ago
    Sure. Ask the woke whether homo sapiens is sexually dimorphic. Or whether individuals who have Y chromosomes and produce male gametes should be competing athletically against those that don't. We will soon have great statistics on how well they do against XX. Then ask them about the change is murder rates in poor communities that resulted from the police defunding movement. While the dems may lean slightly more toward science than the GOP on some issues, their science is also a cudgel for cultural issues.
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musicale 2y ago
"It’s great that they’re interested in philosophy. But it is unclear why Scientific American thinks that these people [Shermer, Loeb] are the ones who should be informing their readers about philosophical matters. " https://dailynous.com/2018/09/13/scientific-american-trustworthy-periodical/ https://dailynous.com/2018/09/13/scientific-american-trustwo...

by vonnik 2y ago

By a former SciAm columnist: https://michaelshermer.substack.com/p/scientific-american-goes-woke https://michaelshermer.substack.com/p/scientific-american-go...

pavel_lishin 2y ago

I don't think he actually ever shows how SciAm has gone off the rails in that post, though. He just asserts that it has, and then does a lot of research showing that allegedly, everything is fine now, and then complains about an article that was rejected because of a specific example he wanted to use. It would be nice if he, instead, had more numbers about what types of articles Scientific American started running over the past decade, showing a move towards "going woke" as he puts it. As it is, it just sounds like he's mad that his article was rejected.

lanstin 2y ago
Science is woke (global warming is real; LBGT is natural; the variance between groups is swamped by variance within groups whether that be racial or gender; coal is stupid; gun violence is mostly accidents and suicides; etc etc). One of the impressive things SciAm did this year is endorse the reality based candidate, VP Harris.
- musicale 2y ago
  "Scientific American Didn’t Need to Endorse Anybody" https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2024/09/scientific-american-harris-endorsement-science-covid/679931/ https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2024/09/scie...
- throwaway1226 2y ago
  Sure. Ask the woke whether homo sapiens is sexually dimorphic. Or whether individuals who have Y chromosomes and produce male gametes should be competing athletically against those that don't. We will soon have great statistics on how well they do against XX. Then ask them about the change is murder rates in poor communities that resulted from the police defunding movement. While the dems may lean slightly more toward science than the GOP on some issues, their science is also a cudgel for cultural issues.
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musicale 2y ago

"It’s great that they’re interested in philosophy. But it is unclear why Scientific American thinks that these people [Shermer, Loeb] are the ones who should be informing their readers about philosophical matters. " https://dailynous.com/2018/09/13/scientific-american-trustworthy-periodical/ https://dailynous.com/2018/09/13/scientific-american-trustwo...