Why We're Shutting Off Our Comments

[mota bhai 2,675]

Comments can be bad for science. That's why, here at PopularScience.com, we're shutting them off.

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Commenters shape public opinion; public opinion shapes public policy; public policy shapes how and whether and what research gets funded--you start to see why we feel compelled to hit the "off" switch.

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A politically motivated, decades-long war on expertise has eroded the popular consensus on a wide variety of scientifically validated topics. Everything, from evolution to the origins of climate change, is mistakenly up for grabs again. Scientific certainty is just another thing for two people to "debate" on television. And because comments sections tend to be a grotesque reflection of the media culture surrounding them, the cynical work of undermining bedrock scientific doctrine is now being done beneath our own stories, within a website devoted to championing science.

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-09/why-were-shutting-our-comments

[Ban Hammer 13,590]

creative title changed

[mota bhai 2,675]

creative title changed

Funny how selective you are in which creative title you choose to change.

[Novembro 1,763]

I'm not reading allthatshitbyyou BUT I do love the comment section of anything I read. It's entertaining, sometimes enfuriating and makes me put that much more faith in natural selection.

[Danno 1,228]

Another incident where Science opposes other opinions.

In time this too will be blamed on the Catholic Church.

[Ban Hammer 13,590]

Funny how selective you are in which creative title you choose to change.

squeaky wheel gets the grease.

[Teddy B 17,252]

squeaky wheel gets the grease.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

I like that!

If we were to do this in P&R, there'd be no right wingers here.

[Teddy B 17,252]

I like that!

If we were to do this in P&R, there'd be no right wingers here.

I can't stand chronic complainers, they should be squished like the bugs they are.

[RGinWA 816]

I can't stand chronic complainers, they should be squished like the bugs they are.

I want to voice my complaints on complainers.

[Teddy B 17,252]

[Ban Hammer 13,590]

we can't replace aj!

[mota bhai 2,675]

Don't bs charles, I don't report much.

[Ban Hammer 13,590]

Don't bs charles, I don't report much.

no one said you did.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

It is okay for mods to bait other posters?