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hakwan.bsky.social • 92 days ago

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/nov/25/oxford-scientist-resigns-from-royal-society-over-elon-musks-continuing-fellowship?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3MuCnVZzSPt786hkKnuzF0osVV7NZkX31jGOIqNF8WQCPVww4tCnWrBpI_aem_9phnkGArPZEmF9o3x2ijgw

hats off to @deevybee.bsky.social . my highest respect.

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lennyseaside.bsky.social•92 days ago

Rubbish. The Royal Society never had any "values" it was always about pure ability.
Look at Newton (drug taking occultist), Robert Hooke (opium addict), Benjamin Franklin (slave owner, hedonist), Edmund Halley (atheist in a time it was illegal), Francis Galton (invented eugenics), Humphrey Davy (NO

hakwan.bsky.social•92 days ago

perhaps the times have changed. or it should have.

hakwan.bsky.social•92 days ago

and the people you mentioned did great science. not great marketting / business.

lennyseaside.bsky.social•92 days ago

Or engineering. Musk has done great engineering.

hakwan.bsky.social•92 days ago

u sure he did? or he was a businessman who raised funds (via overpromising) & w/ those funds hired people who did?

lennyseaside.bsky.social•92 days ago

If Ben Franklin got in I'm certain Musk deserves a place.

lennyseaside.bsky.social•92 days ago

Bollocks. Some things don't need changing. Especially 500 year old institutions. And especially not because someone is unpopular with a certain political viewpoint.

hakwan.bsky.social•92 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/hakwan.bsky.social/post/3lbttwts7xs2a

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