I cannot understand why so few superstar scientists, so-called leaders, universities, societies, and private funding agencies are speaking up. The fallacy that bending the knee will provide protection (as in the thread below) is one. What else? 🧪
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Angie Rasmussen
The National Academies remained silent about the destruction of American science. They did nothing for the scientists comprising their membership
They calculated that they would be spared if they didn't make themselves a target.
They will not be spared.
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They calculated that they would be spared if they didn't make themselves a target.
They will not be spared.
www.foxnews.com/politics/str...
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Or, unfortunately, many "superstars" are so because of opportunism: they know what side of the toast is buttered.
See also many of the FRS meeting in London tonight
Exactly where do they fall short? What area of their training, research, expertise is not qualified? What peer standards are not accurate?
Many white people are not doing anything they don't want to do.
*Lots* of white people -especially in management- fully believe that affirmative action was unfair and are *thrilled* to be ending it.
White folks who truly think it's just temporary & it's going to be better once they put ('intelligent') white people (mostly men, ofc) in the important roles, and trim out the ('weak') other folks who were 'only hired b/c of DEI'.
Call me cynical, but I am still waiting for anyone to put their heads above the parapet, when it really matters
Another problem is that there may not be any superstar scientists who are recognizable enough to make a difference with the public by speaking out
today there’s just nothing except Bill Nye and maybe the old Mythbusters duo
Bill Nye the Science Guy has seemed up for it in the past
Francis Collins maybe? He’s been outspoken
It's about truth.
And truth to power.
I give you
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/nov/25/oxford-scientist-resigns-from-royal-society-over-elon-musks-continuing-fellowship
And i read backwards like that movie redrum means murder
E god. A. Chip in u to replace wallets n banking thru his sats
No keys fones wallets cred cards.
Angela Rasmussen, incidentally, is able to do so more easily, because she's an American virologist at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada.