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I think they used to be better but really have made a blatant turn. I really thought that wormhole fiasco would have killed them. To go 4 whole months before putting the editor's note is beyond egregious[0]. Mistakes happen, but 4 months kills all credibility. You have to act fast on those things! There were big names raising serious concerns on day 1 and it really shows they didn't do due diligence to get outside verification before running a piece that they knew would be really popular.

All this accomplishes is discrediting science. Trading personal gains for eroding the very thing that they make their money off of. This is a major part of why Americans (and people) have such high distrust for science. News outlets, and in particular science focused news outlets, constantly spew inaccurate information. It really should be no wonder that so many people are confused about so many scientific topics, as unless they actually take the years it takes to become an expert in a field, they are going to have a difficult time distinguishing fact from fiction. And why shouldn't the average person expect to trust a source like Quanta? They're "full of experts", right? smh

[0] This is the earliest archive I see with the note. Press back one day and it should not be there. Article was published on Nov 30 2022, along with a youtube video https://web.archive.org/web/20230329191417/https://www.quant...