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Dorothy Bishop’s Resignation from the Royal Society

Just a quick post to draw your attention to a blog post by eminent pyschologist Dorothy Bishop, who has just taken the decision to resign as a Fellow of the Royal Society in protest at that institution’s refusal to strip Elon Musk of the status of FRS he was awarded in 2018.

Here’s an excerpt from the post:

For many scientists, election to the Royal Society is the pinnacle of their scientific career. It establishes that their achievements are recognised as exceptional, and the title FRS brings immediate respect from colleagues. Of course, things do not always work out as they should. Some Fellows may turn out to have published fraudulent work, or go insane and start promoting crackpot ideas. Although there are procedures that allow a fellow to be expelled from the Royal Society, I have been told this has not happened for over 150 years.

The post – which is very well written – goes on to explain why Musk is unfit to hold the title FRS and why attempts to expel him have stalled. I suggest you read it all.

I’m not a Fellow of the Royal Society, and will never be elected such, but it beats me why any self-respecting scientist would want to be a member of the Elon Musk Fan Club anyway.

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5 Responses to “Dorothy Bishop’s Resignation from the Royal Society”

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    emmatonkin Says:
    November 26, 2024 at 12:37 pm

    @telescoper.blog
    It's astonishingly bad luck on the part of the Royal Society to have decided to elect the guy in early 2018, barely a month before the Thai rescue/Unsworth/'pedo' episode that was so illustrative of his mindset.

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    telescoper Says:
    November 26, 2024 at 1:01 pm

    You see there are 23 responses on this post (including this one) at the time of writing, but only 2 showing. That is because the other 21 are likes and reposts of the post on Mastodon.
    I hope this clarifies the situation.

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      In the Dark Says:
      November 26, 2024 at 1:16 pm

      This is the federated version of my previous comment.

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    In the Dark Says:
    November 26, 2024 at 1:01 pm

    You see there are 23 responses on this post (including this one) at the time of writing, but only 2 showing. That is because the other 21 are likes and reposts of the post on Mastodon.
    I hope this clarifies the situation.

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