>>117568841) /sci/ is a huge pseud magnet thanks to its name alone, and
2) radical leftists see /sci/ as a prime candidate for “colonization” since they view themselves as hyper-intelligent.
Combine the above and you get endless Monty Hall/0.999.../will it take off/IQ/etc. threads that all devolve into “muh /pol/” and “no u”. Ironically, homework threads are the only place where science or math is actually discussed. Depending on the time of day, I’d argue that the average IQ of /b/ is actually higher than that of /sci/.