"Any pleasure I may take in the distinction of [being a Royal Society fellow] is diminished by the fact it is shared with someone who appears to be modelling himself on a Bond villain" www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-c... - ThreadSky

richardsever.bsky.social • 188 days ago

"Any pleasure I may take in the distinction of [being a Royal Society fellow] is diminished by the fact it is shared with someone who appears to be modelling himself on a Bond villain" https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-charities-and-societies-2024-11-royal-society-fellow-resigns-over-elon-musk-membership/

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cyrilpedia.bsky.social•188 days ago

"Bishop said one issue is that a lot of the senior fellows of the Royal Society are not active on social media."

This is not just a Royal Society problem, senior leadership & senior comms people at many research institutes struggle to with social media.

richardsever.bsky.social•188 days ago

struggle and dismiss, which is also dangerous. you might not like something (justifiably) but denying its importance is naive when it sways a huge amount of public opinion

cyrilpedia.bsky.social•187 days ago

The main problem I've encountered is an inability to understand that if you wait three to four days to approve a social media reply as if you were having a board meeting for the next newsletter mailer topics, the discussion will move on without you.

cyrilpedia.bsky.social•188 days ago

Bond villains are actually interesting, writers put some thought into creating those characters.

richardsever.bsky.social•188 days ago

yeah - that occurred to me as well. far too complimentary @deevybee.bsky.social ;-)

cyrilpedia.bsky.social•187 days ago

Troma movie villain, maybe. But Cubby Broccoli wouldnt pitch this crappy character to Donald Pleasance or Gert Fröbe.

morpheus55.bsky.social•188 days ago

Integrity! 🤩 I'm impressed

rnadavid.bsky.social•188 days ago

Based on what specific personal merits was Elon Musk elected to the Royal Society in the first place?

rnadavid.bsky.social•188 days ago

I.e. the Nobel prize for the invention of the transistor was awarded to the three research scientist that invented it - not the CEO of AT&T.
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1956/summary/

philippmarkolin.bsky.social•188 days ago

Billionaires corrupt everything.

brookscrickard1.bsky.social•188 days ago

I'm glad I am not the only person who sees him as a Bond villian

jbonfield.bsky.social•188 days ago

Mush has deep pockets, but we make the scientists the members, not the heads of their funding agencies.

I'm not aware of anything he's personally done that warrants membership of such an elite *scientific* establishment.

erinpurcell.bsky.social•188 days ago

Good for her!

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