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Scientific American's departing editor and the politicization of science

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473 points Bostonian | 1 comments | 18 Nov 24 22:04 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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bithead ◴[19 Nov 24 15:34 UTC] No.42184605[source]▶
"In the process, SciAm played a small but important role in the self-immolation of scientific authority—a terrible event whose fallout we'll be living with for a long time."

Which is it - small or important? All that seems like a bit much.

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1. squigz ◴[19 Nov 24 18:21 UTC] No.42186561[source]▶
What a strange bit of pedantry. 'Small but powerful' is a very common phrase that I don't really see any problem with.