[hdlothia]

I mean things like nature starting to make endorsements for president. Overly political for no reason.

[parrellel]

They are planning on de-orbiting weather satellites because the administration doesn't believe in climate change. Nature was maybe on to something.

[hdlothia]

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-023-01537-5. One study says the endorsement had little effect on voting intention but damaged credibility and perception of scientists.

[DonHopkins]

Then why is it that YOU are working so hard to damage the credibility and perception of scientists?

[miltonlost]

When one political party is explicitly anti-science in its goals and aims and actions (RFK, global warming as a hoax, anti-vaxx, COVID as a hoax), Nature endorsing the person who is pro-science isn't political; it's existential. This is not "no reason". It's just not the reason you like because for some reason.