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> The picture of “Paul” is Paul Stamets, The Godfather of Fungus. Huh -- I guess that's the source of the name of the engineer on Star Trek: Discovery (also Pa
by sdrothrock 9y ago
> The picture of “Paul” is Paul Stamets, The Godfather of Fungus.
Huh -- I guess that's the source of the name of the engineer on Star Trek: Discovery (also Paul Stamets). He works with the "mycelial network."
- armadsen 9y agoYep. I believe I read that the real Paul Stamets is an advisor for the show, too.
- vanderZwan 9y agoWell, I think "advisor" is probably more like it, because it does the science of mycology quite the disservice. Beyond playing fast and loose with the science for the sake of the story, there are basic mistakes that I doubt that the real Paul Stamets would have let slip through. I wouldn't be surprised if the HN crowd is a bit hostile to FeministFrequency, but if you can skip over that you may enjoy this guest-podcast (meaning none of the FF regulars have anything to do with this particular podcast episode) by Emily Taylor, a mycologist-turned-game designer, where she explains all of the mycology-related issues of the show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqwe016dDpA&t=1m48s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqwe016dDpA&t=1m48s
- optimuspaul 9y agoWhy would the HN crowd be hostile towards FeministFrequency?
- vanderZwan 9y agoI should have said "significant sub-section", not implied HN as a whole. I don't think it's controversial to say that the Ven diagrams of start-up loving nerds, and the type of entitled young men who have an axe to grind with FF are likely to have a non-empty intersection.
- Beltiras 9y agoYup. He gets into it on JRE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPqWstVnRjQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPqWstVnRjQ Amazing podcast. Well worth a listen.