I'm sick of the attacks against Dr. Katie Bouman from so many people. What kind of message does this send out to other young women that are interested in getting involved in STEM? I've been writing software code since I was around 6 years old and I can tell you that ...
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[2] ... lines of code are a horrible metric to use towards productivity in general. Sometimes reducing the lines of code in a large project actually makes the project and the software more efficient and easier to manage. But let's put that aside for a minute and focus on the ...
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[3] ... bigger issue here -- there's a concerted effort by many to attack this researcher when she does not deserve any of this horseshit. Her entire team appreciated and acknowledged her contributions. We should all be happy for her and getting behind getting more women into ...
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[4] ... STEM fields because they can make as meaningful a contribution as any man can. The problem is that our society has historically had stereotypes that made it difficult for women to get around -- especially in fields dominated by men. It's extremely upsetting to see ...
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[5] ... so many absolute bullshit comments about Dr. Bouman's lack of contributions or the fact that she only contributed X% towards the entire project. Let's be clear that her contributions were extraordinary and everyone on the team did an amazing job. Let's get excited ...
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[6] ... about the science and future possibilities. If you weren't a part of this research, you have no right to inject your opinions on the scale of contributions from any member on that team -- and doing so makes you look ignorant and biased and potentially sexist. Please stop.
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[7] At the end of the day, ask yourself a simple question. "Is the world a slightly better place from my actions today or a slightly worse place?" Put your energy towards positivity, productiveness and potential possibilities and don't spend idle time berating the work of others
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That the internet is a failed experiment that needed to be contained and bound by much stricter legal bylawys that would make you and your platform provider responsable for your actions and words. Wish death upon someone? You get fined and banned from the internet temp/perma.
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I think we all need to come up against this. For in doing this we are encouraging our daughters, mothers, girlfriends to pursue their passion. God women have come from far. They couldn't vote, in some African societies they were not allowed to eat the chicken they cooked
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Just to add that Katie Bouman has a PhD from MIT and now she is an Assistant Professor at Caltech. Both these achievements mean academic brilliance. I doubt if a man got so publicity whether there would be women to bash his contributions and start counting his lines of codes.
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