Why We’re Shutting Off Our Comments | Popular Science
▻http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-09/why-were-shutting-our-comments?lADZikV0qTOfXSr6.01
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.