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There’s only one reason to get rid of all the smart people, shenanigans are afoot.

by matt3210 6mo ago

dnnddidiej 6mo ago
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hn_throwaway_99 6mo ago
Dr. Jessica Knurick has done a great job IMO breaking down how authoritarian governments co-opt science to their own ends and end up destroying it in the process. Here is one such article, https://open.substack.com/pub/drjessicaknurick/p/the-authoritarian-war-on-science https://open.substack.com/pub/drjessicaknurick/p/the-authori..., but she has lots of posts and short form videos explaining the topic.
- datsci_est_2015 6mo ago
  Another example, aside from Lysenko, is Elena Ceausescu. Basically used her position of power as wife of the authoritarian figurehead to enforce her own version of scientific reality.
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throwaway48965 6mo ago
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- throwaway27448 6mo ago
  I've entirely lost track what people are complaining about wrt DEI; why not just say what you mean?
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    - throwaway27448 6mo ago
      Do you think a commitment to inclusion is some kind of activism?
      - throwaway-11-1 6mo ago
        the best person to run the country is a bankrupt casino owner and television host (also a pedophile). the best person to run the department of defense is a television show host (also a sex offender). the best person to run the department of transportation is a guy from a reality tv show. The best person to run the department of education is the lady who runs a fake wrestling entertainment media company. the best person to run the FBI is a podcaster who makes children's books. I hate dei and love meritocracy
throwaway48965 6mo ago
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- ubertaco 6mo ago
  ....as opposed to the political spoutings off of your brand-new account named "throwaway48965"? Maybe you're just (ironically) in the minority, and mad that you don't feel like your opinions are sufficiently included.
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cmiles74 6mo ago
This quote in particular struck me as way out there. “Maybe one way to say it from the administration's perspective,” Stassun says, “is that this group of presidential appointees was advising the Congress to not follow the president's wishes."
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bhadass 6mo ago
its very transparent what they're doing they're almost certainly going to replace all the board memebers with political loyalists. the board members served six year terms specifically so they'd span multiple administrations and stay independent. firing them all at once lets you stack the entire board with people. it's not about making science better, it's about removing the people who'd say no.
- AnimalMuppet 6mo ago
  That works... for the duration of this administration. Given the precedent, though, there's no reason for the next president not to fire all the new ones and replace them again.
  - jjk166 6mo ago
    The current administration does not appear to care at all about what the next administration will do, which should terrify us. It's like a kidnapper who doesn't seem concerned with you seeing their face.

There’s only one reason to get rid of all the smart people, shenanigans are afoot.

dnnddidiej 6mo ago

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hn_throwaway_99 6mo ago

Dr. Jessica Knurick has done a great job IMO breaking down how authoritarian governments co-opt science to their own ends and end up destroying it in the process. Here is one such article, https://open.substack.com/pub/drjessicaknurick/p/the-authoritarian-war-on-science https://open.substack.com/pub/drjessicaknurick/p/the-authori..., but she has lots of posts and short form videos explaining the topic.

datsci_est_2015 6mo ago
Another example, aside from Lysenko, is Elena Ceausescu. Basically used her position of power as wife of the authoritarian figurehead to enforce her own version of scientific reality.

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throwaway48965 6mo ago

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throwaway27448 6mo ago
I've entirely lost track what people are complaining about wrt DEI; why not just say what you mean?
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- throwaway48965 6mo ago
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  - throwaway27448 6mo ago
    Do you think a commitment to inclusion is some kind of activism?
    - throwaway-11-1 6mo ago
      the best person to run the country is a bankrupt casino owner and television host (also a pedophile). the best person to run the department of defense is a television show host (also a sex offender). the best person to run the department of transportation is a guy from a reality tv show. The best person to run the department of education is the lady who runs a fake wrestling entertainment media company. the best person to run the FBI is a podcaster who makes children's books. I hate dei and love meritocracy

throwaway48965 6mo ago

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ubertaco 6mo ago
....as opposed to the political spoutings off of your brand-new account named "throwaway48965"? Maybe you're just (ironically) in the minority, and mad that you don't feel like your opinions are sufficiently included.
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cmiles74 6mo ago

This quote in particular struck me as way out there. “Maybe one way to say it from the administration's perspective,” Stassun says, “is that this group of presidential appointees was advising the Congress to not follow the president's wishes."

conception 6mo ago

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bhadass 6mo ago

its very transparent what they're doing they're almost certainly going to replace all the board memebers with political loyalists. the board members served six year terms specifically so they'd span multiple administrations and stay independent. firing them all at once lets you stack the entire board with people. it's not about making science better, it's about removing the people who'd say no.

AnimalMuppet 6mo ago
That works... for the duration of this administration. Given the precedent, though, there's no reason for the next president not to fire all the new ones and replace them again.
- jjk166 6mo ago
  The current administration does not appear to care at all about what the next administration will do, which should terrify us. It's like a kidnapper who doesn't seem concerned with you seeing their face.