Oh my, opening with a Nietzsche-reference! Daring and enticing!
I remember when the wife was in gender studies (was called "women's studies" back then) and some of her fellows at the institution for women's studies managed to get approval for an experiment:
A couple of public and private contractors agreed to use sex-blinded job applications, so the one doing the evaluation and deciding who to call to an interview knew nothing more than formal qualifications and listed experience.
The hypothesis was, this would mean increasing the percentage of women getting hired, since it was pre-supposed that women were being subjected to negative discrimination.
The opposite happened.
Then the experiment was cancelled and memory-holed.
Mar 21, 2023·edited Mar 21, 2023Liked by Chris Bray
"How does a growing focus on racial, ethnic, and sexual identities advance chemistry as a science? Maybe you can find that answer in the report, because I seem to have missed it."
Because there is no one characteristic defining all these people. It's not like they are all human beings or anything.
And, let me tell you, when sodium is put in water by a heteronormative white woman it, well, it explodes, but there's really no predicting what might happen if a pansexual nonbinary person identifying as a dog from the South East Asian section of the Bronx were to drop sodium in water. That's not predictable at all. Because we've *never* had a pansexual nonbinary person identifying as a dog from the South East Asian section of the Bronx putting sodium in water. Anything could happen! The rainbow-colored sky is the limit.
It's science, baby, or The Science (as brought to you by Pfizer [logo set in front of the LGBTQAlphabet+ flag]). [Psst, you know you need your latest COVID booster, right? Don't you want to keep Granny safe and do your civic duty? Myocarditis! My word. Nothing created by such a diversity of people, or by a company that features such a diversity of people in its ads anyway, would cause myocarditis. How bigoted of you to suggest something like that.]
Mar 21, 2023·edited Mar 21, 2023Liked by Chris Bray
We are now at peak insanity! Can it get any more ridiculous? And does anyone other than these identity cultists care? I don't think so, other than to be annoyed by the constant focus on identity smacking us in the face.
Humans have an insatiable desire to be seen as "special". Even if your chemistry skills are only average, despite your affirmative-action degree, as a "gay" chemist you get that extra bit of recognition that you crave so desperately.
Wouldn’t they have such fun on my farm. My bee hives are mostly female with the exception of the pampered and tolerated drones who do what males do when the queen needs them and otherwise eat and are tended to by the workers from any hive they wind up in. Then my all female chicken flock who loves being petted just so. After which they fluff their feathers letting me know it was good. I haven’t gotten them a rooster because I’m not ready for more baby chicks but when I do get them one, and they find out what they’ve been missing I will either get grateful clucks or the evil eye. In the meantime they are happy and giving us beautiful eggs. They can muck with words all they want out there. My farm and the forest around us continues as it always has. Including the surety that this 2-legged species is tolerable most of the time even though decidedly not quite sane in many places of the world.
Why, EVERYONE knows that Diversity is the KEY to excellence! Certainly in the Sciences (it's so obvious..!) but also in every other discipline. Just think: where would we be without Trans Pilots? BIPOC Doctors? Brown and Black Bankers??
Look, I'm an idiot with a bullshit degree in "Leisure Studies and Services" from the University of Oregon. I know how to ride a bike, and sometimes pretty well, and that's where my "knowledge" ends. That said, when I see shit like this I think of how "science" was done in what was called the Dark Ages; basically religious in nature.
And that's also why I see us slouching, at an ever increasing rate, toward the Third Dark Ages.
Bringing sexuality into the realm of chemistry is because the Church of the Uber Woke and Always Aggrieved has to extend its tentacles into everything, everywhere (all at once).
Meanwhile, Karine Jean-Pierre would like to remind everyone that we should not be concerned about the record-setting implosion of Silicon Valley Bank, but should be celebrating the fact that this is happening on the watch of the most diverse, BIPOC'd, LGBT'd, woman'd financial regulatory infrastructure in history.
This is not the result of competent women and gays entering fields with mostly white guys. I've been an engineer for a long time. There are plenty of competent women and gay engineers and have been for decades - even centuries (Alan Turing and Ada Lovelace are examples).
This is about incompetent women and minorities demanding a "seat at the table".
Why? It's a combination of several factors - first, many (most?) humanities graduates cannot identify competence, productive activity, or rational thought. So, when they see a white guy doing something cool, they think it's because he's a white guy.... It's a cargo cult.
The other major factor is a need for some women (not all, not even most, but a sizeable minority) to have their feelings validated by co-workers. This is why they'll bring up things like race and "gender" on a conference call with hundreds of people while getting the vapors when someone disagrees with whatever they are saying.
The point was never to convey anything actionable, it was for personal affirmation. These women cannot tell the difference between the workplace and a therapist's office - and most certainly don't belong in the former until they can sort that out.
Might as well add shoe size, hair color, left or right handed, etc. All important characteristics for one in the beaker business. Bottom line.....who cares?
Finally we can understand sexual chemistry
Oh my, opening with a Nietzsche-reference! Daring and enticing!
I remember when the wife was in gender studies (was called "women's studies" back then) and some of her fellows at the institution for women's studies managed to get approval for an experiment:
A couple of public and private contractors agreed to use sex-blinded job applications, so the one doing the evaluation and deciding who to call to an interview knew nothing more than formal qualifications and listed experience.
The hypothesis was, this would mean increasing the percentage of women getting hired, since it was pre-supposed that women were being subjected to negative discrimination.
The opposite happened.
Then the experiment was cancelled and memory-holed.
Once again the highly educated have proven themselves to be completely retarded.
"How does a growing focus on racial, ethnic, and sexual identities advance chemistry as a science? Maybe you can find that answer in the report, because I seem to have missed it."
Because there is no one characteristic defining all these people. It's not like they are all human beings or anything.
And, let me tell you, when sodium is put in water by a heteronormative white woman it, well, it explodes, but there's really no predicting what might happen if a pansexual nonbinary person identifying as a dog from the South East Asian section of the Bronx were to drop sodium in water. That's not predictable at all. Because we've *never* had a pansexual nonbinary person identifying as a dog from the South East Asian section of the Bronx putting sodium in water. Anything could happen! The rainbow-colored sky is the limit.
It's science, baby, or The Science (as brought to you by Pfizer [logo set in front of the LGBTQAlphabet+ flag]). [Psst, you know you need your latest COVID booster, right? Don't you want to keep Granny safe and do your civic duty? Myocarditis! My word. Nothing created by such a diversity of people, or by a company that features such a diversity of people in its ads anyway, would cause myocarditis. How bigoted of you to suggest something like that.]
We are now at peak insanity! Can it get any more ridiculous? And does anyone other than these identity cultists care? I don't think so, other than to be annoyed by the constant focus on identity smacking us in the face.
Humans have an insatiable desire to be seen as "special". Even if your chemistry skills are only average, despite your affirmative-action degree, as a "gay" chemist you get that extra bit of recognition that you crave so desperately.
Wouldn’t they have such fun on my farm. My bee hives are mostly female with the exception of the pampered and tolerated drones who do what males do when the queen needs them and otherwise eat and are tended to by the workers from any hive they wind up in. Then my all female chicken flock who loves being petted just so. After which they fluff their feathers letting me know it was good. I haven’t gotten them a rooster because I’m not ready for more baby chicks but when I do get them one, and they find out what they’ve been missing I will either get grateful clucks or the evil eye. In the meantime they are happy and giving us beautiful eggs. They can muck with words all they want out there. My farm and the forest around us continues as it always has. Including the surety that this 2-legged species is tolerable most of the time even though decidedly not quite sane in many places of the world.
Why, EVERYONE knows that Diversity is the KEY to excellence! Certainly in the Sciences (it's so obvious..!) but also in every other discipline. Just think: where would we be without Trans Pilots? BIPOC Doctors? Brown and Black Bankers??
Look, I'm an idiot with a bullshit degree in "Leisure Studies and Services" from the University of Oregon. I know how to ride a bike, and sometimes pretty well, and that's where my "knowledge" ends. That said, when I see shit like this I think of how "science" was done in what was called the Dark Ages; basically religious in nature.
And that's also why I see us slouching, at an ever increasing rate, toward the Third Dark Ages.
Bringing sexuality into the realm of chemistry is because the Church of the Uber Woke and Always Aggrieved has to extend its tentacles into everything, everywhere (all at once).
It took me a few seconds to figure out "iykwimaityd". I think it's the missing letters for LGBTQIAPN+. We must be more inclusive!
Meanwhile, Karine Jean-Pierre would like to remind everyone that we should not be concerned about the record-setting implosion of Silicon Valley Bank, but should be celebrating the fact that this is happening on the watch of the most diverse, BIPOC'd, LGBT'd, woman'd financial regulatory infrastructure in history.
This is not the result of competent women and gays entering fields with mostly white guys. I've been an engineer for a long time. There are plenty of competent women and gay engineers and have been for decades - even centuries (Alan Turing and Ada Lovelace are examples).
This is about incompetent women and minorities demanding a "seat at the table".
Why? It's a combination of several factors - first, many (most?) humanities graduates cannot identify competence, productive activity, or rational thought. So, when they see a white guy doing something cool, they think it's because he's a white guy.... It's a cargo cult.
The other major factor is a need for some women (not all, not even most, but a sizeable minority) to have their feelings validated by co-workers. This is why they'll bring up things like race and "gender" on a conference call with hundreds of people while getting the vapors when someone disagrees with whatever they are saying.
The point was never to convey anything actionable, it was for personal affirmation. These women cannot tell the difference between the workplace and a therapist's office - and most certainly don't belong in the former until they can sort that out.
Just ran across this, more along the lines of a censorship article, but people here might appreciate it.
'Writers of the World, Denounce!—Progressive activists repeat the sins of the past'
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/writers-world-denounce-kirchick
I have to say Chris, the posts are better than your column on this one!
Might as well add shoe size, hair color, left or right handed, etc. All important characteristics for one in the beaker business. Bottom line.....who cares?