Below is the exchange from If They Found This Thing We Know Why The Aliens Haven't Shown Up showing what lead to this thread. This thread being the thread I think Shuny should have started himself instead of being a jerk in my thread. So, in the interest of fairness, I'm using my privilege as thread starter to prohibit myself from throwing Shuny out of this thread.
I reserve the right to throw up my hands in disgust and leave, however.
My thread was about the issues and social impact of cronyism, specifically as displayed in the Voyager Golden Record team creation. The OP is included if you want to see my reasoning. THIS THREAD is about whether or not cronyism has or may have an impact on the function and work of science. To that question, Shuny's question is actually relevant. To my original question, it is not.
The Golden Record was intended to give aliens who potentially ran across the Voyager probes an insight into the world that launched them - the people of Earth, not just the culture of NASA. I think the idea that the material would not be in any way biased is absurd - it would naturally be from an American POV unless you worked very hard to get a team from all around the world, in the days well before internet. However, it was not supposed to be what it in fact is, a representation of the Earth as Carl Sagan and his friends saw it.
Shuny wishes to know what else should have been included. Again, that is irrelevant to the original question but is relevant to whether or not cronyism had an impact.
I reserve the right to throw up my hands in disgust and leave, however.
My thread was about the issues and social impact of cronyism, specifically as displayed in the Voyager Golden Record team creation. The OP is included if you want to see my reasoning. THIS THREAD is about whether or not cronyism has or may have an impact on the function and work of science. To that question, Shuny's question is actually relevant. To my original question, it is not.
The Golden Record was intended to give aliens who potentially ran across the Voyager probes an insight into the world that launched them - the people of Earth, not just the culture of NASA. I think the idea that the material would not be in any way biased is absurd - it would naturally be from an American POV unless you worked very hard to get a team from all around the world, in the days well before internet. However, it was not supposed to be what it in fact is, a representation of the Earth as Carl Sagan and his friends saw it.
Shuny wishes to know what else should have been included. Again, that is irrelevant to the original question but is relevant to whether or not cronyism had an impact.
Originally posted by Teallaura
View Post
Originally posted by shunyadragon
View Post
Originally posted by Teallaura
View Post
Originally posted by Teallaura
View Post
Originally posted by shunyadragon
View Post
Originally posted by Teallaura
View Post
Originally posted by Sparko
View Post
Originally posted by shunyadragon
View Post
Originally posted by Teallaura
View Post
Originally posted by shunyadragon
View Post
Originally posted by Cerebrum123
View Post
Originally posted by shunyadragon
View Post
Originally posted by Sparko
View Post
Originally posted by Cerebrum123
View Post
Originally posted by shunyadragon
View Post
Originally posted by shunyadragon
View Post
Originally posted by shunyadragon
View Post
Originally posted by Sparko
View Post
Comment