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TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee 1 month agoI don’t really know if I would consider Mayim Bialik a “scientist”. She has a degree in neuroscience, but I don’t think just finishing a stem degree makes you a scientist for the rest of your life.
I have a medical degree, but I doubt any of my colleagues (outside of medical research) would be comfortable with utilizing the title.
Someone who hasn’t ever actually worked in their field of study, and only has two published papers…which to be honest, I didn’t even know was possible to complete a Phd while only having a single publication as a post graduate. The publishing requirements for graduate schools have become kinda insane, but your only major publication being your thesis is also kinda absurd. It wouldn’t surprise me if she received some special treatment due to her celeb status.
Also, someone with a research based degree who also is antivax is concerning. Not to mention the whole selfhelp podcast and the rabid Zionism…
Well, I just wanted to highlight the difficulties for women to make a name for themselves in science even today. I don’t know if Bialik could have become famous if she had remained a neuroscientist and obviously it has been easier for her to do so as an actress (ironically playing a neuroscientist in The Big Bang Theory), despite several publications.
Science and technology remains even today, unfairly, a domain of men, even though without women we would not even have Bluetooth or WiFi…
Science and technology remains even today, unfairly, a domain of men, even though without women we would not even have Bluetooth or WiFi…
Oh for sure, I didn’t mean to imply that there’s not massive amounts of inequities in stem. I just don’t know if she is the best example considering her lack of experience in the field.
weariedfae@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I don’t give a fuck about Blossom, if I met a dude in a bar who says he has a PhD in neuroscience and 2 published papers it would not think twice about calling him a scientist even if he currently worked flipping burgers with no plans to return.
TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee 1 month ago
I would be more interested in how they managed to get through their PhD without having anything published but their thesis. Most PhD recipients are having to be published 3 times during their PhD alone.
Her first publication appears to be from graduate school.
I mean it’s mostly a semantic dispute, there is no real standardization for the title scientist.