And the loop closes with "shut down STEM." The institutions tasked with nurturing the human project make a symbolic display of their willingness to kill it to suit the tastes of the moment.https://twitter.com/NatureNews/status/1270383425392906241 …
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That their point is that it's easy to talk about making changes, but that we must be deliberate in denoting time and effort to it. That it has to be a structured property. I don't think what they're advocating carries the finality that, "kill it," implies, symbolically speaking.
"Shut down" doesn't imply making time for anything. It's purely destructive language. There are about a thousand ways to frame this positively, and the decision was made not to. And now you, and many others, are playing your own small part.
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Actually, it does imply it. Looking at their site & they specifically outline actions to take with the time. I don't know what small part you think I'm playing in being destructive. I'm not advocating. All I did was try to explain why I felt your reaction was hyperbolic.
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I'll be hard at work tomorrow, as per usual.
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