• andyburke@fedia.io
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    6 months ago

    $16M for 3 scientists for 3 years? I hope those scientists are bringing their whole labs with them?

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      6 months ago

      Why not? That’s ~1.77 million per year per scientist. Yes, that is a lot of money. But if you think about it, those scientists might be able to start multibillion dollar economies. They can train hundreds of experts in their field. And some lousy CEO of some stupid company gets paid more

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      Top level scientists/professors are like famous sports players. Recruiting them is a prestige boost which attracts students and employees, but also can have very direct results if they manage some breakthrough or novel solution.

      Talking about labs. Building, organizing and running those is far harder than spending money on equipment usually.

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      i hope they are engineers or doctors. not the “science” of gender studies. lol

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        6 months ago

        You got a problem with people wanting to not be pieces of shit huh?

        Anyways here is some good book recommendations for everyone else.

        1: My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness by Nagata Kabi

        2: Fun Home by Alison Bechdel (Yes the same Bechdel behind the Bechdel test)

        3: How We Fight for Our Lives by Saeed Jones

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          6 months ago

          deleted by creator

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            6 months ago

            There are as many as we want, they’re a social construct.

            EDIT - Just so anyone reading this knows, their deleted comment was, “There are more than three genders.”

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              i deleted it because the joke was not obvious nor good. i think there are only 2 sexes. afaik, gender is something other in english?

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                  it might be interesting to hear what the people say in such a course, but tbh i doubt i would change my mind. this gender stuff is very weird to me. (downvote now. atleast im honest xD )