Posted on 06/14/2021 7:28:39 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
For over 175 years, the magazine Scientific American has bragged that it covers
the advances in research and discovery that are changing our understanding of the world and shaping our lives. (snip) Authoritative, engaging features, news, opinion and multimedia stories from journalists and expert authors — including more than 200 Nobel Prize winners — provide need-to-know coverage, insights and illumination of the most important developments at the intersection of science and society.
However, around six years ago, the American segment of the publication changed, as it was purchased by a private German-British conglomerate, Springer Nature, which has affiliates and publications worldwide. And international controversies to go along with its international nature, such as highly credible accusations of succumbing to demands for censorship from communist China against research from scientists in Tibet and independent Taiwan.
Not very scientific.
Slightly over a year and a half later, Scientific American's descent into hate-filled politics unsuccessfully disguised as science is total, its 175-year-old reputation as a reliable scientific publication totally trashed, with barely hope for recovery. A few weeks ago, they published a lying screed, "Health Care Workers Call for Support of Palestinians," which contained lying propaganda, altered photographs, and no facts. The authors qualify as "scientists" worthy of publication in Scientific (sic) American (sic!) because they "are health care workers (HCWs) and faculty from around the world."
The snarky, weasely justification the editors offered for its appearance...
Scientific American publishes opinion and analysis articles from a variety of viewpoints. As is the case with all opinion articles, the views expressed here do not necessarily represent those of Scientific American.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Two things I miss these days, Scientific American, and Readers Digest, both casualties of the culture war.
The Readers Digest was my Dad’s and Grand Dad’s only magazine they read. They really liked the RD’s books condensed/shortened and published as several condensed books in one.
I used to read both Scientific American and Readers Digest cover to cover every month, and gave gift subscriptions. Now I cannot stand either one. And I am not the one who changed.
You might recall he did the Amateur Scientist segment way back in the day
That was about it for me too.
I watched it happen. I quit AAAS shortly after their staff began shilling "Women's Mathematics". SA had already gone down the tubes at that point. The Left ruins everything it touches.
“I used to read both Scientific American and Readers Digest cover to cover every month, and gave gift subscriptions.”
“Now I cannot stand either one. And I am not the one who changed.”
You are not by yourself.
Looking back, SA and RD were our Kindles which enabled us to read, learn and enjoy things from the comfort of our homes. We didn’t have to go to libraries or book stores. We received them magically in our mail.
Like the Sears and JC Penney’s catalogs were our Grand mother’s/mother’s Amazon’s to order from and get by mail, pickup in the local store or however.
Smithsonian and Audubon have gone down the same trash wokeness path. Not worth reading.
I quit back in the early 1990's... When the stink of philosophical infestation began to surface...
By 2001, it was, unapologetically, gone, gone, gone...
And National Geographic.
Same here. used to enjoy the articles on so many subjects but then they all seemed to be tilted to the left and just go worse.
As has the Journal of the American Medical Association.
If there's a new chemical element discovered during "gay pride" month, it will probably be named sodomium.
“Scientific American is not scientific and not American: 175 years of trustworthy information on science in America from this publication is over”
heck, it’s been over for at least 20 years at S.A....
Bkmk
I don’t like your library. :)
Scientific American is not scientific and not American
Like every other venerable institution in this country, SciAm has been poisoned by Leftist politics.
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