kersplomp
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- Comment on She-Ra Lives! 2 days ago:
To say it’s “completely incorrect” is an exaggeration at best. The paper you cited is far more nuanced than that.
- Comment on Women in STEM 5 weeks ago:
We should always add a mental asterisk to the names of male researchers who discovered things while women were oppressed.
That said, this meme is playing loose and fast with the specifics, which undermines that important message.
Just picking the first one:
Payne’s work was her Ph.D. thesis and Russell did not tell her not to publish it, her advisor did. The advisor told her not to rock the boat in her thesis. This is good advice that even Einstein was given.
When Russell later reproduced her research, he cited her thesis as the “most important research” he’d seen on the subject.
The real snub with Payne is that her title was “Technical Advisor” for 20 years despite being well regarded as a full time professor. It wasn’t until the 50’s she was recognized as a professor, when she was also made chair of the department.
- Comment on Is this normal for girls or just a extreme edge case? (Serious question) 2 months ago:
TIL there are like no women on the fediverse.
- Comment on This scam is approved and doesn't go against Google's policies 2 months ago:
They’d have to block all investment platforms. Even ETrade and Chase have ads like that.