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Well, first I'd want to confirm or not the assumption in the question: Isn't he? Popular compared with when? etc.

> Well, first I'd want to confirm or not the assumption in the question: Isn't he?

Well, go ahead. It's easy to do, by a dozen methods.

HN has too many people who attempt to look wise by doubting things without cause, when the actual wise thing is not to discuss your doubts, but to address them

Unfortunately, the normal behavior is invisible, so people randomly admonishing one another gains the false appearance of being regular

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> Popular compared with when?

The past.

The sentence makes this clear and unambiguous, as does our lack of time travel.

I believe content of his books is now less accessible to modern kids. Internet (Youtube) doesn't promote his works, ideas. Flexagons are rediscovered, instead of being included into school curriculum, etc.

I think "less accessible" is a disingenuous way to put it. The internet has made his works more accessible, not less. The problem (for the Gardner estate, I suppose) is not availability, but discovery - there is significantly more math content to digest (for free!) and therefore lower probability any one budding mathematician is digesting Gardner content.

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