Re: Scientific American

On 2024-10-10, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:

On Thu, 10 Oct 2024 09:38:25 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
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On Mon, 7 Oct 2024 03:17:38 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
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That was a cool magazine. Martin Gardner’s maths column was how most
people discovered Conway’s “Game Of Life”, back in the day.

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The important word is 'was'. 'National Geographic' is another 'was'.

 
What changed? The magazines, or you?

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The magazines. 'Scientific American' never endorsed a political candidate
until Biden in 2020 and Harris in 2024. That's not science. 'National
Geographic' was dumbed down over the years and now doesn't even exist as a
print magazine afaik. The editors and staff writers were fired and it's
now a freelance effort ultimately owned by Disney.

I didn't know National Geographic no longer existed as a magazine. My great
aunt bought us kids a subscription for a few years in the 60s. I used to
look forward to the maps. I don't think they've been what they once were for
a quite a while now.

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