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Michael Shermer
Personal blog · michaelshermer.substack.comsciencephilosophy
Michael Shermer writes Skeptic, a personal blog at michaelshermer.substack.com about science and philosophy. Since 2021, 8 different Hacker News readers have linked it 8 times, most often “Scientific American Goes Woke”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2025-04-02, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Michael Shermer's Substack as commentary by a former Scientific American columnist, mainly on the magazine's editorial decline. Commenters cite it without judging the writing itself.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Examining the World Through a Scientific Lens.
Most-linked posts?
- Scientific American Goes Woke5 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2021-11-17
What Hacker News says?
By a former SciAm columnist: https://michaelshermer.substack.com/p/scientific-american-go...
Comment linking /p/scientific-american-goes-woke
on “Math and puzzle fans find magic in Martin Gardner's legacy”Submitted Scientific American Goes Woke as a story · 90 points
HN discussionScientific American publishes nonsense in the guise of science. They are not a reliably publication anymore. https://michaelshermer.substack.com/p/scientific-american-go... https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=6202 https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/the-shameful-decline...
Comment linking /p/scientific-american-goes-woke
on “After 151 years, Popular Science will no longer offer a magazine”Submitted The Shroud of Turin: History and Legends as a story · 62 points
HN discussionBy the way, I got there via https://michaelshermer.substack.com/p/scientific-american-go... which was mentioned in the comment section of https://razib.substack.com/p/setting-the-record-straight-ope...
Comment linking /p/scientific-american-goes-woke
on “Why the Term Jedi Is Problematic for Justice/Equity/Diversity/Inclusion Programs”Submitted Scientific American Goes Woke as a story · 28 points
HN discussionSubmitted Was the Great Scientist E. O. Wilson a Racist? No as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted What Is Woke, Anyway? as a story · 2 points
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