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who cares what teenagers think?

• gaius 11y ago
  People who say the name will get kids into science. It really won't, it will have the opposite effect. And this is obvious, so it's disingenuous to claim that was their reason for voting for it.
  • fossuser 11y ago
    It may be obvious to you because you already think that's the case, but it isn't obvious. My anecdotes and general 'intuition' (as unscientific as these things always are) are opposite to yours. I think it'd be viewed positively and wouldn't have the opposite effect as you suggest.
  • lucozade 11y ago
    I'm not sure I know anyone who voted for it in order to make children interested in it. They voted because they thought it was amusing. However, my children, many of their friends and some of their teachers are now aware that the UK is commissioning a polar research vessel. They definitely weren't before. I know of at least one junior school science teacher who has used this to seed a lesson. It's a point of interest, it's the start of a conversation. It gives science a different angle and a bit of colour. This is a good thing even if it was by accident. Sometimes we should just take the hand we were dealt and play it.
    • zeristor 11y ago
      Do you mean they're using an ice breaker as an ice breaker to start conversations? A rather impressive video [0] of RRS Sir Ernesto Shackleton being droned. [0] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbywX37mumc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbywX37mumc
      • justratsinacoat 11y ago
        A slightly peevish note to future viewers: the drone in question is owned by the RRS Sir Ernesto Shackleton. I was kinda hoping for a clandestine in-port surveillance, but no, the views are of the the vessel as it works in Antarctica.