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As an Asian, decolonize scientific subjects is one of the funniest thing I have ever heard. What does it even mean?
by gloryjulio 4y ago
As an Asian, decolonize scientific subjects is one of the funniest thing I have ever heard. What does it even mean?
- mathteddybear 4y agoOhm's law you called resistance law, Maxwell's equations you called electromagnetic equations, Planck's constant you called the quantum constant... -- The Three Body Problem
- gloryjulio 4y agoYeah sure, if it's just renaming of the functions and variables in the code base that's harmless I guess. But why would you do that if it's indeed from certain person (provided by that it's not stolen credit)? Are we going to getting rid all of the human names from the heaven's objects? We are still naming those things with ppl's names afaik
- zen21 4y agoAlso, aside from credit, it just makes it harder to research the history. I mean did someone else discover Maxwell’s equations, and Plank’s constant who we are overlooking? Do we need to stop using the word algorithm, and replace it with say, “procedural recipe”?
- mathteddybear 4y agoIt's a quote from a novel, the passage goes on with "all scientific accomplishments resulted from the wisdom of the working masses, and those capitalist academic authorities only stole these fruits and put their names on them" Compared to that, the example in the OP linked article is funny indeed
- creatonez 4y agoMaybe read about the topic before immediately discrediting it entirely? One example of decolonizing science is simply giving proper attribution for scientific discoveries that come from the global south, but are in the textbooks as being discovered by europeans. Of which there are numerous examples.
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- gloryjulio 4y agoIf that's only thing they are doing, how about just call it giving the right credit?
- creatonez 4y agoBecause that's completely sanitizing the reasons attribution wasn't given in the first place, which were often either explicitly racially motivated, or deeply involved in the logistics of settler colonialism. Calling it what it is seems like a good idea.
- jwarden 4y agoFairly attributing blame for the non-attribution of credit is not going to be easy.
- ramblerman 4y agoSure but there are subjects and places to discuss that. Do you think biology, physics, maths all need to come with their own disclaimer each time.
- Natsu 4y agoThat gets into what we even mean by calling someone the "inventor" of someone. Plenty of people made flying contraptions of one sort or another, such as Clément Ader, Gustave Whitehead, Richard Pearse, and Karl Jatho But the Wright Bros caused the world to start flying, finding errors in the prior equations for lift and making practical planes capable of sustained flight as well as the means to control them. The others on that list contributed in their own ways, but did not have the same impact.