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Scientific American's departing editor and the politicization of science

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473 points Bostonian | 2 comments | 18 Nov 24 22:04 UTC | HN request time: 0.504s | source
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dmagee ◴[19 Nov 24 00:01 UTC] No.42178651[source]▶
Trust in institutions is at an all time low. The last thing we need is for these institutions to veer away from their goals to push a political agenda. Good riddance to her.
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ashildr ◴[19 Nov 24 11:53 UTC] No.42182454[source]▶
Interestingly the only people who are not supposed to “push a political agenda” are usually accused of being “woke” in one of the next sentences. “Keeping politics out” brought the US - and the world - Trump, two times. Most things in life are political.
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1. Levitz ◴[19 Nov 24 17:05 UTC] No.42185655[source]▶
>“Keeping politics out” brought the US - and the world - Trump, two times.

Given the degree to which Trump benefits from anti-establishment sentiment, I'd like you to ponder if putting politics absolutely everywhere might very well be what got Trump elected twice. I find the idea that there just isn't enough political message completely incompatible with current reality.

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2. ashildr ◴[20 Nov 24 10:17 UTC] No.42192459[source]▶
If you don‘t seriously talk about politics but consider it sports and entertainment and about “winning”, you get Dr. Oz and RFKjr to decide about your health and Matt Gaetz overseeing justice.

Politics is everywhere and it has to be everywhere but politics is not Joe Rogan or Fox news. That‘s propaganda.