- cross-posted to:
- science@mander.xyz
- cross-posted to:
- science@mander.xyz
It’s not just you. Survey says: “Twitter sucks now and all the cool kids are moving to Bluesky”
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But why? Of all people I’d expect scientists to have learned the lesson of Twitter and embrace fediverse 🤷♂️
Of all people I’d expect scientists to have learned the lesson of Twitter and embrace fediverse
“Scientist” is just another job. The people who work these jobs are not inherently magic, genius, etc. Many are not even scientists in any meaningful sense.
Exactly what I Iearned by working in a scientific institute for 3 years. Before that I put scientists on a pedestal and wanted to be one. Now, not anymore. They are as flawed and morally mediocre as most of the general populace.
✍︎ arscyni.cc: modernity ∝ nature.
Sorry you flunked organic chem.
Most people aren’t that bright. Even people who are experts in one field or another.
But more than that, most people don’t care about things. They don’t know how platforms work, and they don’t care. Just picture a boundless void where things fall in- that’s the typical user apathy.
I always like to emphasize the difference between someone who’s educated, and someone who’s intelligent/smart/whatever
True. I just had a long discussion with a former coworker about that yesterday. I don’t buy the whole “people who go to college aren’t smart. the salt of the earth really know how the world works” that comes up sometimes.
oh, people love the idea that scientific advances come from a uneducated guy working in a shed.
You’re putting words in my mouth, that’s not even close to the point I was making.
In my eyes, education is nothing more than a measure of how much knowledge you have been taught.
Intelligence is your ability to use your existing knowledge in a creative way. (ie. creating a working scientific theory after experimentation)
So no, advancements aren’t just made by some smart person who never went to school and lives in a shed, they come from people who are both educated and smart.
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I agree it is so stupid
I was one of the original scientists on Twitter. I left long before Musk because all it was, was a tool of self promotion and people bullying their opinions to try and influence grant reviewers.
it reaches more people, like XITTER did.
That’s the usual excuse, but at what price? 🤷♂️
Deified lemmings jump from one capitalist master to another.
