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Detection of triboelectric discharges during dust events on Mars

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Re: Detection of triboelectric discharges during dust events on Mars

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Post by simgt »

wongarsu wrote: post #5
verisimi wrote: post #2

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I'd assume most French would be happy with "France detected Lightning on Mars" I read the title as equivalent to "Humanity detected Lightning on Mars", which I'm also perfectly happy with

I did not think much of the title before reading the parent comment as I also read "humanity", but now it's the lack of consistency and double standards that annoy me. "France detected Lightning on Mars", fine, let's stop cutting the funding of public research so we can keep on saying we. Also let's title "We released GPT-5", "We landed a rocket on a barge".

Re: Detection of triboelectric discharges during dust events on Mars

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Post by Razengan »

stavros wrote: post #3
verisimi wrote: post #2

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Are you saying you reject the use of "we" for any group that doesn't include you?

It's specially annoying when people use it to latch on to achievements they had no part in. Like Americans today going "We stopped Hitler" etc.

Re: Detection of triboelectric discharges during dust events on Mars

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Post by thatjoeoverthr »

verisimi wrote: post #2

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I assume you're downvoted for pedantry (understandable) but it is a real pattern. Whenever it's a space topic it's always "we" or "Japan" or "America". Nobody is so vague on other topics. I suspect it's a throwback to the Cold War space race when the major players did flights in a geopolitical context. If the institute's name is very long, like here, maybe "Scientists detected ..." or "Researchers ..."
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