https://www.statnews.com/2020/06/18/scientists-as-heroes-keep-that-image-public-eye/ That's really scary, science as a path to fame, fortune, prizes, adoration from movie stars. -- John Larkin Highland Technology, Inc Science teaches us to doubt. Claude Bernard
scientists as superstars
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On Friday, June 19, 2020 at 11:49:28 PM UTC+10, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:> https://www.statnews.com/2020/06/18/scientists-as-heroes-keep-that-image-public-eye/ > > That's really scary, science as a path to fame, fortune, prizes, > adoration from movie stars.As opposed to posing as an expert business-man on "The Apprentice"? -- Bill Sloman, Sydney
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On 19/06/20 15:50, Bill Sloman wrote:> On Friday, June 19, 2020 at 11:49:28 PM UTC+10, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote: >> https://www.statnews.com/2020/06/18/scientists-as-heroes-keep-that-image-public-eye/ >> >> That's really scary, science as a path to fame, fortune, prizes, >> adoration from movie stars. > > As opposed to posing as an expert business-man on "The Apprentice"?Touché !
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On 6/19/2020 9:49 AM, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:> > https://www.statnews.com/2020/06/18/scientists-as-heroes-keep-that-image-public-eye/ > > That's really scary, science as a path to fame, fortune, prizes, > adoration from movie stars. > > >Justin Bieber's music videos have well over a billion views, he's more famous than all scientists in the world put together. the video for "Gagnam Style" by Psy has pushing 4 billion views alone; more man-hours have been spent watching that one video than every scientific documentary or lecture given by a scientist in human history, probably. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0> OPPA GAGNAM STYLE! it's a pretty catchy tune I admit. Billions and billions...
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On Fri, 19 Jun 2020 16:07:20 +0100, Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:>On 19/06/20 15:50, Bill Sloman wrote: >> On Friday, June 19, 2020 at 11:49:28 PM UTC+10, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote: >>> https://www.statnews.com/2020/06/18/scientists-as-heroes-keep-that-image-public-eye/ >>> >>> That's really scary, science as a path to fame, fortune, prizes, >>> adoration from movie stars. >> >> As opposed to posing as an expert business-man on "The Apprentice"? > >Touch� !And far too predictable. Sloman is. -- John Larkin Highland Technology, Inc Science teaches us to doubt. Claude Bernard
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On 6/19/2020 11:47 AM, bitrex wrote:> On 6/19/2020 9:49 AM, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote: >> >> https://www.statnews.com/2020/06/18/scientists-as-heroes-keep-that-image-public-eye/ >> >> >> That's really scary, science as a path to fame, fortune, prizes, >> adoration from movie stars. >> >> >> > > Justin Bieber's music videos have well over a billion views, he's more > famous than all scientists in the world put together. > > the video for "Gagnam Style" by Psy has pushing 4 billion views alone; > more man-hours have been spent watching that one video than every > scientific documentary or lecture given by a scientist in human history, > probably. > > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0> > > OPPA GAGNAM STYLE! it's a pretty catchy tune I admit. > > Billions and billions...("Oppa" is literally "older brother" but colloquially it might be used as a term of endearment by a young woman to refer to a fashionable older man of means, a "ladies man" if you will.)
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On Fri, 19 Jun 2020 11:47:00 -0400, bitrex <user@example.net> wrote:>On 6/19/2020 9:49 AM, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote: >> >> https://www.statnews.com/2020/06/18/scientists-as-heroes-keep-that-image-public-eye/ >> >> That's really scary, science as a path to fame, fortune, prizes, >> adoration from movie stars. >> >> >> > >Justin Bieber's music videos have well over a billion views, he's more >famous than all scientists in the world put together. > >the video for "Gagnam Style" by Psy has pushing 4 billion views alone; >more man-hours have been spent watching that one video than every >scientific documentary or lecture given by a scientist in human history, >probably.But musicians optimize their performance precisely to generate fame and fortune. When scientists do that, it grossly distorts the science. -- John Larkin Highland Technology, Inc Science teaches us to doubt. Claude Bernard
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On Fri, 19 Jun 2020 12:02:10 -0400, bitrex <user@example.net> wrote:>On 6/19/2020 11:47 AM, bitrex wrote: >> On 6/19/2020 9:49 AM, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote: >>> >>> https://www.statnews.com/2020/06/18/scientists-as-heroes-keep-that-image-public-eye/ >>> >>> >>> That's really scary, science as a path to fame, fortune, prizes, >>> adoration from movie stars. >>> >>> >>> >> >> Justin Bieber's music videos have well over a billion views, he's more >> famous than all scientists in the world put together. >> >> the video for "Gagnam Style" by Psy has pushing 4 billion views alone; >> more man-hours have been spent watching that one video than every >> scientific documentary or lecture given by a scientist in human history, >> probably. >> >> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0> >> >> OPPA GAGNAM STYLE! it's a pretty catchy tune I admit. >> >> Billions and billions... > >("Oppa" is literally "older brother" but colloquially it might be used >as a term of endearment by a young woman to refer to a fashionable older >man of means, a "ladies man" if you will.)"Daddy" or "Dada" -- John Larkin Highland Technology, Inc Science teaches us to doubt. Claude Bernard
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On 6/19/2020 12:03 PM, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:> On Fri, 19 Jun 2020 11:47:00 -0400, bitrex <user@example.net> wrote: > >> On 6/19/2020 9:49 AM, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote: >>> >>> https://www.statnews.com/2020/06/18/scientists-as-heroes-keep-that-image-public-eye/ >>> >>> That's really scary, science as a path to fame, fortune, prizes, >>> adoration from movie stars. >>> >>> >>> >> >> Justin Bieber's music videos have well over a billion views, he's more >> famous than all scientists in the world put together. >> >> the video for "Gagnam Style" by Psy has pushing 4 billion views alone; >> more man-hours have been spent watching that one video than every >> scientific documentary or lecture given by a scientist in human history, >> probably. > > But musicians optimize their performance precisely to generate fame > and fortune. When scientists do that, it grossly distorts the science. > > >Americans tend to be vaguely anti-intellectual and elitist/deferential to authority by nature; liberals and conservatives alike, yeah my "leftist" friends and acquaintances might sing Bill Nye's praises do you think they want to spend any time listening to me, some random guy, tell them about electromagnetic theory in detail? they don't, their eyes will glaze over and you can see them mentally putting you in the "Yeesh. what a huge nerd!"-category. Bo I don't have my own TV show. And another time a blue-collar-looking guy who was I'm assuming definitely not a "leftist" asked me what I did for a living in Starbucks when I was writing computer code I started to say "Well what I'm doing at the moment is optimizing a...." he was tuned out of that nascent conversation before I even finished the first sentence. Long gone. This can either annoy you or as I do just roll eyes and shrug, lol white Americans. If I want to have a technical discussion about science or tech with a stranger who's enthusiastic I'll find an Indian.
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On 6/19/2020 12:17 PM, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:> On Fri, 19 Jun 2020 12:02:10 -0400, bitrex <user@example.net> wrote: > >> On 6/19/2020 11:47 AM, bitrex wrote: >>> On 6/19/2020 9:49 AM, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote: >>>> >>>> https://www.statnews.com/2020/06/18/scientists-as-heroes-keep-that-image-public-eye/ >>>> >>>> >>>> That's really scary, science as a path to fame, fortune, prizes, >>>> adoration from movie stars. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> Justin Bieber's music videos have well over a billion views, he's more >>> famous than all scientists in the world put together. >>> >>> the video for "Gagnam Style" by Psy has pushing 4 billion views alone; >>> more man-hours have been spent watching that one video than every >>> scientific documentary or lecture given by a scientist in human history, >>> probably. >>> >>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0> >>> >>> OPPA GAGNAM STYLE! it's a pretty catchy tune I admit. >>> >>> Billions and billions... >> >> ("Oppa" is literally "older brother" but colloquially it might be used >> as a term of endearment by a young woman to refer to a fashionable older >> man of means, a "ladies man" if you will.) > > "Daddy" or "Dada" > > > > >There are a fair number of American women who seem to want to call an older man "Daddy" too, never been big into that one. I'm not your Daddy. Go find your real Dad.