It's A Man's Cern

Post by **cronus** » Mon Oct 01, 2018 9:26 am

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-45703700

Scientist angers audience with views on women in physics

A senior scientist has given what has been described as a "highly offensive" presentation about the role of women in physics, the BBC has learned.

At a workshop organised by Cern, Prof Alessandro Strumia of Pisa University said that "physics was invented and built by men, it's not by invitation".

He said male scientists were being discriminated against because of ideology rather than merit.

He was speaking at a workshop in Geneva on gender and high energy physics.

Prof Strumia has since defended his comments, saying he was only presenting the facts.

Cern, the European nuclear research centre, described Prof Strumia's presentation as "highly offensive".

(continued, incel at the atom plant?)

Post by **rainbow** » Mon Oct 01, 2018 10:40 am

cronus wrote: ↑
Mon Oct 01, 2018 9:26 am

He said male scientists were being discriminated against because of ideology rather than merit.

Has he tried interpretive dance therapy?

Post by **Rum** » Mon Oct 01, 2018 11:33 am

In 2015, Nobel laureate Prof Tim Hunt resigned from his position at University College London after telling an audience of young female scientists at a conference in South Korea that the "trouble with girls" in labs was that "when you criticise them they cry".

Post by **Brian Peacock** » Mon Oct 01, 2018 11:42 am

Looks like somebody has mommy issues.

He's right though, one doesn't achieve scientific success or notoriety by invitation, but that's another matter.

Post by **rainbow** » Mon Oct 01, 2018 12:04 pm

Brian Peacock wrote: ↑
Mon Oct 01, 2018 11:42 am
Looks like somebody has mommy issues.

He's right though, one doesn't achieve scientific success or notoriety by invitation, but that's another matter.

I get invited to scientific conferences all the time.

Maybe they just want a token African.

Post by **Brian Peacock** » Mon Oct 01, 2018 12:06 pm

I read some interesting research the other day which concluded that the party doesn't start until rainbow arrives.

Post by **JimC** » Tue Oct 02, 2018 5:43 am

When I was at uni, one of my best friends, a girl, knew a fuck of a lot more physics than I did...

And I know more physics than most of you snowflakes...

Post by **cronus** » Tue Oct 02, 2018 5:50 am

JimC wrote: ↑
Tue Oct 02, 2018 5:43 am
When I was at uni, one of my best friends, a girl, knew a fuck of a lot more physics than I did...

And I know more physics than most of you snowflakes...

I had a wife like that.

Post by **Scot Dutchy** » Tue Oct 02, 2018 8:03 am

I had a colleague with whom I shared a room for two years she was a Doctor in Mathmatics. A strange beast but we got on very well

She help improve my Dutch no end...

Post by **Rum** » Tue Oct 02, 2018 8:48 am

My first serious girlfriend, when I was about 18 was much much cleverer than me. She got straight As at school and top marks at everything. It was doomed to failure really.

Post by **Svartalf** » Tue Oct 02, 2018 9:00 am

My first girlfriend beat me,j she managed to get to PhD whereas I had to stop with an MA... of course, I had no means whereby to sustain myself to go on after the MA, whereas she married a don who pushed her all the way through after she dumped me.

Post by **JimC** » Tue Oct 02, 2018 9:04 am

My eldest son has a Bachelor of Science degree with Honours, like me, but youngest son Nick will beat us both with a Masters degree on top of his science degree...

Post by **Scot Dutchy** » Tue Oct 02, 2018 9:10 am

I hope he can do something with it. MA's are plenty here and finding it difficult to find suitable work. An electrical engineer from the Hogerschool is worth far more these days. We need about 250,000.

Post by **cronus** » Tue Oct 02, 2018 9:15 am

Scot Dutchy wrote: ↑
Tue Oct 02, 2018 9:10 am
I hope he can do something with it. MA's are plenty here and finding it difficult to find suitable work. An electrical engineer from the Hogerschool is worth far more these days. We need about 250,000.

Tories are right about the EU resembling the Soviet Union. Plumbers gonna be paid more than scientists soon.

Post by **Svartalf** » Tue Oct 02, 2018 9:16 am

they aren't already?

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