Dear Prof. Rupp, Sadly it was a comment meant seriously. A friend of mine who works in the field of quantum mechanics had brought this article to my attention before. He has also contacted the authors on social media where they are waging a campaign against the use of quantum “supremacy”, which will apparently generate great positive impact on people actually suffering due to social injustice…(sarcasm intended). We are currently finishing a letter in response to Nature in which we basically second your thought of “social justice key word thrown out of context with the purpose of posturing on moral high grounds” and further question the publication of such commentary on the basis of its alignment with the editor’s ideological preconceptions rather than advocating for critical thinking and actual scientific grounds.
Happy New Year everyone! Gabriela ____ Gabriela Garcia Rodriguez gabriela.garcia.rodrig...@vub.be<mailto:gabriela.garcia.rodrig...@vub.be> PhD candidate Structural Biology Research Centre (SBRC) Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie (VIB) - Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) Pleinlaan 2- 1050 Brussels, Belgium On 26 Dec 2019, at 19:46, Bernhard Rupp <hofkristall...@gmail.com<mailto:hofkristall...@gmail.com>> wrote: Hi Fellows - here some light Holiday entertainment (and puzzle) for you: Remember my thanksgiving posting below? Meant as a hoax or satire, it follows the classical pattern of throwing postmodern Critical Theory gibberish and Social Justice key words (successfully deployed by Alan Sokal) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokal_affair onto an out-of-context situation with the purpose of virtue signaling and posturing on moral high ground. Well, we just got outdone by a letter in our favorite vanity magazine, Nature: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03781-0 The parallels are fascinating and it exactly follows the recipe developed above: " throwing postmodern Critical Theory gibberish and Social Justice key words onto an out-of-context situation with the purpose to signal virtue and to opportunity for posturing on moral high ground" Now - is this comment (a) meant serious or (b) another successful Sokal-Turkey-type hoax? Cheers, BR -------------------------------------------------- It has come to our attention that on this bulletin board insensitive and hurtful comments have been made towards animals with disability. Particularly concerning is the display of white privilege and racial bias towards a minority individual given that the turkey is also referred to in German as 'Indian'. In view of this non-inclusive and divisive display of unwokeness, the faculty Bias Response Team will contact you shortly and allow you to present your self-critique. We want this board to remain a safe zone inclusive of all animals, complete or not. Stuffed, BR -----Original Message----- From: CCP4 bulletin board <CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK> On Behalf Of Jurgen Bosch Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2019 13:51 To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] Xray-dataset usable despite low completeness ? Think of completeness with an analogy to turkey. Say you happen to find a one-legged turkey (incomplete by conventional standard) you could still stuff it and put it in the oven and enjoy 93% of the turkey. The 7% missing, who cares? Other than I like both legs of the turkey :-) Happy Thanksgiving everyone Jürgen ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1
