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How a Shrimp Treadmill Became a Political Plaything

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Re: How a Shrimp Treadmill Became a Political Plaything

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Post by iuer98 »

lern_too_spel wrote: post #10
exstudent wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not just the US. Just today the UK press made the lead scientist of the Rosetta mission cry by attacking his SHIRT instead of celebrating his achievements. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/11231320/Rosetta-mi...

Nonsense. His achievement was celebrated as well. His shirt is the kind of thing that keeps women away from science, so the fact that he publicly acknowledged his error will make other scientists more consciously think about inclusivity, helping science in the long run.

Keep you fucking feminzai thoughts to yourself. Don't ever again post this site. This is your father's property.

Also, never ever ever show up in front me in real life. I will fuck you so hard your all feminist thoughts will become stone age.

Now , go FUCK yourself.

Re: How a Shrimp Treadmill Became a Political Plaything

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Post by kingofkings »

lern_too_spel wrote: post #10
exstudent wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not just the US. Just today the UK press made the lead scientist of the Rosetta mission cry by attacking his SHIRT instead of celebrating his achievements. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/11231320/Rosetta-mi...

Nonsense. His achievement was celebrated as well. His shirt is the kind of thing that keeps women away from science, so the fact that he publicly acknowledged his error will make other scientists more consciously think about inclusivity, helping science in the long run.

Are you fucking autistic beta ?

Go fuck yourself and grow some balls instead of whinning.

You mentally retarded sick fuck. Is this what your mother father have taught you ? Judge by who is wearing what ?

No wonder US is bastardized country.

Re: How a Shrimp Treadmill Became a Political Plaything

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Post by fucksaywhat »

lern_too_spel wrote: post #10
exstudent wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not just the US. Just today the UK press made the lead scientist of the Rosetta mission cry by attacking his SHIRT instead of celebrating his achievements. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/11231320/Rosetta-mi...

Nonsense. His achievement was celebrated as well. His shirt is the kind of thing that keeps women away from science, so the fact that he publicly acknowledged his error will make other scientists more consciously think about inclusivity, helping science in the long run.

You idiot. People like you are disgrace to scientific community. Seriously , your sick thoughts are the problem , no one else.

You son / daughter of a bitch are now going to control who is wearing what ? Really ?

May be that's why you are such small person commenting on this stupid site and won't achieve anything better in life.

Seriously, check your mental health. You retard fuck.

Re: How a Shrimp Treadmill Became a Political Plaything

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Post by [deleted] »

fucksaywhat wrote: post #73
lern_too_spel wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nonsense. His achievement was celebrated as well. His shirt is the kind of thing that keeps women away from science, so the fact that he publicly acknowledged his error will make other scientists more consciously think about inclusivity, helping science in the long run.

You idiot. People like you are disgrace to scientific community. Seriously , your sick thoughts are the problem , no one else. You son / daughter of a bitch are now going to control who is wearing what ? Really ? May be that's why you are such small person commenting on this stupid site and won't achieve anything better in life. Seriously, check your mental health. You retard fuck.

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Re: How a Shrimp Treadmill Became a Political Plaything

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Post by bayesianhorse »

hobs wrote: post #52
lern_too_spel wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nonsense. His achievement was celebrated as well. His shirt is the kind of thing that keeps women away from science, so the fact that he publicly acknowledged his error will make other scientists more consciously think about inclusivity, helping science in the long run.

No, his shirt wont keep women away from science. The entire fiasco is not about science, it is LITERALLY the thing that I would want to avoid if I had planned going into this field, and I assume that women also do not want long drawn out discussions about what they are wearing INSTEAD of their impressive scientific achievements.

So you are saying pictures of scenes degrading and objectifying women as sexual objects can't make women feel degraded and objectified?

Re: How a Shrimp Treadmill Became a Political Plaything

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Post by Evolved »

wozniacki wrote: post #35
sharkweek wrote: post #5

I highly recommend folks watch Particle Fever (for a variety of reasons, and it's on Netflix), but one section particularly stuck out, when the documentary addresses the original LHC location in Texas being de-funded. It shows members of congress arguing how "discovering the origins of the universe" should not be a priority. I think it's easy to make a very public argument against budgeting research, as the general p…

When these topics, concerning the general disinterestedness and the indifference of the voting populace toward science and technology come up, one is left to wonder how it is even arithmetically possible in 2014, that there isn't yet a financially lofty interest-group apparatus in Washington, advancing policies that collectively foster the cause of basic research in science & tech. Where are the think tanks? Where ar…

I understood your BR reference but I'd counter that the dystopian future films are what the public likes even if they aren't what they initially want as the box office receipts show they lap these films up.

The problem with why you're getting so many comments about your BR reference is you made it way too obscure and it even comes off as a little hipster-ish. Also, (the rest of this response is in reference to your replies to said comments) perhaps instead of trying to land the flaming plane, you should have just bailed out instead.

Re: How a Shrimp Treadmill Became a Political Plaything

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Post by Evolved »

wozniacki wrote: post #58
anigbrowl wrote: post #48

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As someone who works in the film industry, Hollywood makes movies that reflects the public's hopes and fears. It doesn't do dystopia for its own sake, any more than it does mindless techno-optimism. Picking out the re-release of Blade Runner as an example of what Hollywood churns out 'like clockwork' seems self-contradictory to say the least. On the larger question of why we don't have a lobby to fund basic research,…

For someone who "works" in the film industry, you seem to be gleefully unaware of Hollywood's fondness for dystopia. Interstellar might be one of the few newer breed of films that actually casts human space travel in some positive light. In fact one is left wanting for instances of the "techno-optimism" - mindless or otherwise - that you describe of, in Hollywood flicks. List of dystopian films http://en.wikipedia.or…

You might have missed the part where the sole premise of Interstellar was that they were leaving Earth to explore other planets because of how bad Earth had become. I.e. a dystopian future.

Re: How a Shrimp Treadmill Became a Political Plaything

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Post by Evolved »

jacobolus wrote: post #43
wozniacki wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When these topics, concerning the general disinterestedness and the indifference of the voting populace toward science and technology come up, one is left to wonder how it is even arithmetically possible in 2014, that there isn't yet a financially lofty interest-group apparatus in Washington, advancing policies that collectively foster the cause of basic research in science & tech. Where are the think tanks? Where ar…

> Heck, there isn't a single nationally syndicated journalist who can even rebut the casually-dystopian hogwash Hollywood routinely churns out, like clockwork.[3] > [3] Blade Runner: The Final Cut, review Can you explain this one? I don’t understand why journalists should be “rebutting” SF movies from the early 80s. I have never heard someone use the plot of Blade Runner as any kind of policy advice... which makes se…

I understand his point to be that in California, the tech industry is very influential whereas in places predominantly Republican and shunning of science/tech like this area of Texas, the people don't seem interested at all in promoting science/tech as the way of the future and maybe even embrase the bleak and dystopian frontier that may lie ahead.

Again, this is what I assume he means and I could be way off so someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

Re: How a Shrimp Treadmill Became a Political Plaything

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Post by Evolved »

bayesianhorse wrote: post #75
hobs wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, his shirt wont keep women away from science. The entire fiasco is not about science, it is LITERALLY the thing that I would want to avoid if I had planned going into this field, and I assume that women also do not want long drawn out discussions about what they are wearing INSTEAD of their impressive scientific achievements.

So you are saying pictures of scenes degrading and objectifying women as sexual objects can't make women feel degraded and objectified?

They're only scenes degrading and objectifying women as sexual objects if women feel degraded and objectified as sexual objects about the scenes. As a woman made the shirt and gave it to him then it seems to be the case that at least 1 woman does not feel degraded and objectified as a sexual object about it which makes your blanket assertion disingenuous and patently false.

Re: How a Shrimp Treadmill Became a Political Plaything

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Post by [deleted] »

lern_too_spel wrote: post #10
exstudent wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not just the US. Just today the UK press made the lead scientist of the Rosetta mission cry by attacking his SHIRT instead of celebrating his achievements. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/11231320/Rosetta-mi...

Nonsense. His achievement was celebrated as well. His shirt is the kind of thing that keeps women away from science, so the fact that he publicly acknowledged his error will make other scientists more consciously think about inclusivity, helping science in the long run.

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