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I looked up Helmuth’s original tweet and it seems like a reasonable one sentence summary of the paper to me. I think the problems here are (i) twitter being twi
by foldr 2y ago
I looked up Helmuth’s original tweet and it seems like a reasonable one sentence summary of the paper to me. I think the problems here are (i) twitter being twitter (not a great venue for detail and nuance) and (ii) a paper reporting its results in an overly sensational way. If there absolutely definitely aren’t more than two sexes in a given species, don’t say that there “effectively” are.
- anonfordays 2y agoI looked up Helmuth’s original tweet and it does not seem like a reasonable one sentence summary of the paper to me. That's why numerous biologist and scientists rejected her summary.
- codocod 2y agoIt's how she reacted to scientists who responded to her tweet politely challenging her assertion that this species has four sexes that is more the issue: doubling down, blocking anyone who disagreed. An editor of a science magazine should be willing and open to discuss science with scientists. Particularly if they're trying to help correct a misconception.
- foldr 2y agoThat doesn't sound good, but I haven't managed to find the record of those interactions, as I think the original tweet has been deleted. I don't tend to trust second-hand summaries in this sort of case.