Article on Scientific America’s site
For the curious the other endorsement they made was for Joe Biden in 2020.
179 years and the only time they endorsed was against Trump. Almost like he’s a piece of shit or something.
To be fair, Americans had no idea just how many of us were anti-science/ pro-bullshit until nearly the end of 2016.
Trump firing all those"experts" during his first term really worked out well.
It’s gotta be a low bar. Just don’t believe in 19th century health conspiracies. You had to have been dropped constantly as a baby to believe vaccines are dangerous.
Only the 2nd time is surprising considering the right doesn’t believe in science
It’s a wonder each of them was the respectively “fittest” sperm. I mean, fuck. I’m curious if even Darwin understood how much raw chance was involved in this “evolution” he imagined. 🤡
Is that a relatively recent phenomenon or has it been that way for decades?
If it’s the former, it might explain why they didn’t need to before.
I don’t understand what endorsements mean in the US for their elections, nothing right?
Correct.
It means that the population of this country relies heavily on the opinions of heads of publications, heads of corporations and focus group tested celebrity tweets to make decisions on who they should vote for to run their lives.
This, in turn, means that our elections are completely meaningless. The win goes to the richest candidate.
I think it could matter in some cases. Like if there was a local election and I didn’t know the candidates very well but one was endorsed by the NAACP, I would be much more likely to vote for them.
I agree however, that for such large elections where everything is very publicized already, these endorsements don’t do much. However, if it gets one person to vote that’s positive.
At the national level, that’s true. The candidates are usually quite distinct and very well known, so holding a particular endorsement is unlikely to change anything.
However, I do find them useful in local elections. In those, the candidates are usually (but not always) pretty closely aligned, so it’s hard to make a decision based off of what their campaign is promising. They also frequently involve candidates that are fairly new to politics, so it can be difficult to learn more about their past outside of what their campaign puts forth. So I’ll usually learn something worthwhile from an endorsement that can help me make a decision. I also have a good opinion of some of the local magazines that make me more willing to trust their recommendations.