At the same time the media kinda picked her out as the face of this project when there were many other people involved. I think she even said as much.
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qaz@lemmy.world 2 days agotoo bad - that you leached on your senior collaborators who did ALL and every intellectual part of the project - all for your credit; you are what I call an instagram scientist - too bad for science that such people who do any third-rate cheating act for publicity - like Katie Bouman exists
Seems like somebody is unhappy with her being chosen
johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world 2 days ago
rooroo@feddit.org 20 hours ago
Yeah and IIRC the dude the Internet misogynists decided was responsible for most of the code said ‘Shut up everyone I did some leg work, but she did the heavy lifting.’ Plus he’s queer or something else which would have had those fuckers in shambles had they known.
toasteecup@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Gotta love misogyny