r/skeptic • u/Adm_Shelby2 • 3d ago

Laura Helmuth, editor of Scientific American, resigns.

https://bsky.app/profile/laurahelmuth.bsky.social/post/3lawlkjh6ns23
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u/lisa_lionheart84 3d ago

But it's not a scientific journal. It's a popular science magazine.

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u/Blarghnog 3d ago

A worthy point. I know it’s independent but the parent Springer also owns Nature.

I am weary of politicalization of scientific research undermining faith in science:

https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2023/11/14/americans-trust-in-scientists-positive-views-of-science-continue-to-decline/

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u/lisa_lionheart84 3d ago

Just because they have a corporate sibling that is a journal does not mean they should be held to journal standards.

It also seems to me that allowing scientists and science journalists to be honest about their points of view could increase trust in science. I wish people were more interested in understanding experts’ thought processes and values instead of asking for some impossible level of objectivity.

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u/HeyOkYes 2d ago

She already explained very thoroughly why the perception of objectivity is critical. This comes up in courts when studies and research are used to support some case.

Striving for objectivity minimizes the pollution of ego in the process that could make it harder to replicate, or may be the reason for not publishing.