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Don’t take this the wrong way but from the list of achievements she sounds very much a Politician/PR-person/Lobbyist specialized in the area of Space Exploration, not an Engineer or a Scientist.

Still beats Beer-belly Brad by a long distance (probably not hard), but is such a person really worth celebrating in Science Memes?

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Liz@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Here’s the thing, we scientists need our cheerleaders. We spend our time getting good at doing science, so it’s worth it to hire someone who is good at hyping and advocating for our work. Go listen to the recordings of James Webb trying to explain to JFK that we need to do a shit-ton of science before we can get to the moon. JFK just plain doesn’t understand the magnitude of what he’s asking for. He thinks we could do it in 6 months. This lady is our champion.

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- bitjunkie@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
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parrhesia@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Just because she isn’t a straight engineer or scientist, doesn’t make her expertise less worth it I don’t think. And I would think that would make a very narrow acceptable requirements for this place.

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- Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  It makes her an expert in advocacy and politics, not science or engineering.
  
  Obviously advocacy expertise is no less worth than engineering or science, just like arts expertise is no less worth than any of that or plenty of other expertises in complex areas.
  
  However, the “salesmanship” kinds of expertise are already the one of most widely celebrated and rewarded by present day society.
  
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  - parrhesia@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    So you’re saying that science _memes should only accept memes from active practicing scientists and engineers with degrees in their own specified fields?
    
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    Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    You might want to re-read my posts a couple of time and think about it a bit harder, if the conclusion you derived from what I wrote is that I want to gatekeep the posters.
    
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Natanael@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
As long as these types pay attention to what the scientists tell them and explain it to others accurately, they’re helpful

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JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Certainly more than “arm chair Monday morning quarter backing”

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