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Re:Lowly Moss-Like Plant Seems to Copy Cannabis by gotocake on Friday October 26, 2018 @10:31PM (#18314064)
I can’t stress enough just how nominal their commitment to science is these days. An elderly relative bought me many years subscription to SciAm and it’s mostly useful as toilet roll. You get the occasional scholarly article, but the majority is either “science writers” gushing over something they don’t understand, or thinly veiled politics. Hell, I agree with most of their political leanings, but I’m not interested in reading them from that source.

It’s sad, but the majority of science in Scientific American is in the name.

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Re:Lowly Moss-Like Plant Seems to Copy Cannabis by JHH_18 on Saturday October 27, 2018 @12:14AM (#18314315)
You can reverse that curse. Look up American Scientist. Really.
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Re:Lowly Moss-Like Plant Seems to Copy Cannabis by i_am_nomad on Saturday October 27, 2018 @02:28PM (#18317000)
I just visited the American Scientist website. The cover story:

“Selective inattention to women’s experiences in STEM leads to a chilly workplace climate for women, who pick up on even the subtlest cues.”

So, more thinly veiled politics. Pass.

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Re:Lowly Moss-Like Plant Seems to Copy Cannabis by gotocake on Saturday October 27, 2018 @01:27AM (#18314485)
...Marry me.
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Re:Lowly Moss-Like Plant Seems to Copy Cannabis by anigbrowl on Saturday October 27, 2018 @04:27PM (#18317505)
Yes, I stopped reading it regularly about 20 years ago. They got a new editorial board and went for a broader audience by diluting the content drastically in both quality and quantity. The final straw for me was when they adjusted the font size and spacing to reduce the amount of text by about 10% while maintaining page count.
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Re:Lowly Moss-Like Plant Seems to Copy Cannabis by specialist on Saturday October 27, 2018 @10:34AM (#18315839)
Their transition from hard science to popularizing science was a deliberate response to the anti-intellectual tide. At the time, it felt like a loss, but I understood the motivation and supported their goals. Sadly, I don't know that their efforts have moved the needle.
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Re:Lowly Moss-Like Plant Seems to Copy Cannabis by anigbrowl on Saturday October 27, 2018 @04:44PM (#18317577)
That seems like exactly the wrong approach. Reading the old SciAm was an afternoon of hard mental work each month but I thought of it as cheap education, hitting a sweet spot between solid content and accessibility/cost compared to journals. Cannot help seeing this as a strategic own goal.
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