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Well, I assume that along with her would also be a bunch of genuine cranks, mystics, "skeptics" etc. She'd be collateral damage. Similar case that springs to m
by duncan_bayne 6y ago
Well, I assume that along with her would also be a bunch of genuine cranks, mystics, "skeptics" etc. She'd be collateral damage.
Similar case that springs to mind is the chap who had to infect himself to prove that stomach ulcers were caused by bacteria.
- wombatmobile 6y agoBarry Marshall can just wave his Nobel prize at any skeptic. https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2005/press-release/ https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2005/press-releas... Lyn Margulis did not and will not ever have that pleasure, because, like Rosalind Franklin, (a) she was female, and (b) she's now dead.
- wombatmobile 6y agoI'd like the human who modded my comment down, presumably for exposing gender bias in the awarding of the Nobel prizes, to let us know his/her/? gender.
- Proziam 6y agoI'm being downvoted for simply pointing out that there was/is a public 'debate' (if we can even give it that much credit) about hydroxychloroquine, and that the current state of online communication makes me able to imagine similar reactions to Lynn Margulis's work. I wouldn't take it personally, anything political on this forum seems to experience high variance.
- wombatmobile 6y agoI don’t mind. It’s an expression of the mind of the moderator. I like to try to guess their age and gender. But they are invisible so I don’t get any confirmation. I like this Hacker News. The discourse is civil and often informative.