Comments can be bad for science. That’s what Popular Science argued when it announced it was shutting down its comment section back in September. “A politically motivated, decades-long war on expertise has eroded the popular consensus on a wide variety of scientifically validated topics,” wrote online editor Suzanne LaBarre. “Everything, from evolution to the origins of climate change, is mistakenly up for grabs again.” This is undemocratic. It reduces the power of the reader. It’s contrary to everything the Internet believes to be sacred. And it just might be exactly the right thing for Popular Science to do. Medium Matters...
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