Not just science. I own a small art business. The magazines in my world all do this. I see my competitors paying hundreds of dollars for “interviews” in them. The entire magazine is an ad masquerading as some type of journalism. I don’t even pay for ads and I’m buried in work. So it’s not needed, at all (who reads this stuff? At least a science journal makes sense).

Honestly it’s shameful across the board. Anyone participating should feel bad about it.

Absolutely.

And as you can see, fiction scales better than truth.

Rome went out drunk on wine and conquest.

We’re going out buzzed on overpriced food delivery and crypto regret.

Cheers!

It’s not an alternate timeline.

It’s the most profitable one.