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The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) had the final say [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RRS_Sir_David_Attenborough#Naming_poll https://en.wikipedia

• scott31 6y ago
  Yes, and I did not say he named the ship after himself. Any person with small bit of self respect would have rejected the name, and he had opportunities to do so, but he happily choosed the alternative
  • Nursie 6y ago
    Why?
    • anigbrowl 6y ago
      Don't take the troll bait.
  • dang 6y ago
    Could you please stop posting unsubstantive comments to Hacker News? We've already had to ask you this. We're trying for something a bit different than internet default here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html