• MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca
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    9 hours ago

    Between the post and some of the comments, I’m pretty sure we’re on the worst time.

    At least, the worst surviving timeline. I’m sure plenty of “worse” timelines have existed that killed off the entirety of the planet.

    This is just the worst of what’s left.

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    11 hours ago

    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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      1 hour 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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      9 hours 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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      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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        It makes her an expert in advocacy and politics, not science or engineering.

        Obviously advocacy expertise is no less worth than engineering expertise or science expertise, just like arts expertise is no less worth than any of that and ditto for plenty of other kinds of expertise in complex areas.

        However, the “salesmanship” kinds of expertise are already the some of most widely celebrated and rewarded by present day society, hence my point.

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          4 hours 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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            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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    Whoa, whoa. How dare this uppity woman talk like that to Dr. Bradley D. D. Wentworth, PhD., an internationally renowned expert on footballogy and beeristics? His accolades include frequent beating of his wife, a penchant for racial slurs, and living in a trailer down by the river.

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    11 hours ago

    Those Forbes lists like 30 under 30 are a joke though. Not sure why she’s bragging about that.

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    19 hours ago

    “What have you done that’s so great other than be an arm chair Monday morning quarterback?”, asked the arm chair Monday morning quarterback

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      Arm chair Monday morning quarterback is giving him way too much. Arm chair Monday morning waterboy is more like it.

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      12 hours ago

      Can’t be long before she’s arrested for fraud.

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    oh shit i didnt know that, I love her content just thought she only worked at NASA in the dmv area. Used to run into her videos on insta - she REALLY loves space.

    When those two astronauts were stuck in space(also fuck boeing), she provided some insides about their procedures and plans of return.

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    Tbf the Forbes 30 Under 30 is a great predictor of future jail time.

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    Not to downplay the rest of her accomplishments but can’t you essentially buy your way onto the F30U30 list?

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      Bro, you can buy the presidency of the United States if you have enough money. So yeah, not what she did, but it is completely posible.

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      19 hours ago

      isn’t a Forbes list the kind of list that buying your way into it proves you belong there?

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      I think so. My sister has been contacted by Forbes that she can pay for a spot on the list. There was a cheaper option for just the nomination.