Stephen CurryA year of inaction: why has the Royal Society allowed itself to be hollowed out by Elon Musk? And why does that matter more than ever? https://occamstypewriter.org/scurry/2026/02/11/year-of-inaction-royal-society-hollowed-out-musk/
Marianne@StephenCurry ooh I can't open, 'resource limit is reached' - hope that means lots of traffic..! #bork
@noodlemaz you mean the link to the blog? That’s odd. I doubt it’s because of traffic. Could you try again?
@StephenCurry yep fine now!
Dr Susi Arnott@StephenCurry Did you attend this lecture last year? 2024 Faraday prize-winner managed some critique...
https://www.youtube.com/live/AncQEU35cMo?si=MA86l8KYHLVOTe1g
https://www.youtube.com/live/AncQEU35cMo?si=MA86l8KYHLVOTe1g
Science under threat: the politics of institutionalised disinformation | The Royal Society
@SusiArnott I wasn't there but saw it later online. Very good - much more robust on this issue than the RS has been. Wrote about it here: https://occamstypewriter.org/scurry/2025/06/19/conduct-unbecoming-royal-society-musk-box/
@StephenCurry included in recent talk to a v much smaller learned society:)
https://www.susiarnott.co.uk/home/the-climate-emergency/whats-science-outreach-for/
https://www.susiarnott.co.uk/home/the-climate-emergency/whats-science-outreach-for/
Mark Wieczorek@StephenCurry Could someone let me know what Musk did that merited being a fellow of the Royal Society? All I can think of is that he is a businessman that makes rockets, and some of these rockets can be bought by people who want to do science.To me, the bigger shame is not that he is still an FRS, but that he was an FRS at all.
@mrak here’s what the RS says about his achievements: https://royalsociety.org/people/elon-musk-13829/
@StephenCurry That's what I thought. They just say that he is a businessman.