Posted on 02/16/2025 8:48:15 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
Pressure is growing on the Royal Society to expel Elon Musk from its fellowship after more than a thousand scientists signed an open letter expressing dismay at its lack of action on the matter.
Musk, who owns the social media platform X, leads the US “department of government efficiency” (Doge). He was elected a fellow of the UK’s national academy of sciences in 2018 as a result of his work and impact in the space and electric vehicle industries.
However, the Royal Society is under mounting pressure to revoke the honour.
In August, the Guardian revealed a number of fellows had written to the Royal Society expressing concern over Musk’s comments regarding unrest in the UK and calling for him to be stripped of his fellowship.
Prof Dorothy Bishop, a leading expert on children’s communication disorders at the University of Oxford, subsequently resigned her fellowship because of a lack of action by the Royal Society, with Andrew Millar, a professor of systems biology at the University of Edinburgh, following suit this week, as first reported by Research Professional News.
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Sounds like the pigs at the trough are squealing more and more lately.
The Sun has finally sat on Britian!
Why? Are his accomplishments somehow diminished by his work at DOGE. Or are your panties in a wad because he has closed the gate to the pig trough of US taxpayer cash for things they never voted for?
Political scientists? The same bunch that didn’t want Michael Faraday to join because he was “common”.
I can’t think of any civil-society organization that the left has not corrupted.
I’m sure Elon will tell the RD to kiss his arse. The man is helping to save a nation right now. Not in their eyes I’m sure.
They can go back to naming critters folks rarely see after one another.
OH NOES!!!! Another worthless “letter” signed by thousands and millions of experts and idiots that is supposed to scare the taxpayers. Geez. Will these eggheads ever give up?
I seriously doubt that Elon will lose any sleep over this.
Muslim child rapists enablers hiding behind “stability” which doesn’t exist. Musk should quit and then destroy them.
“Ain’t got time to care. Too busy cutting deadwood and parallel parking rockets.”
It would be seen as an indictment of the Royal Society much more than a rebuke to Musk.
Can Hussein be expelled from the country? Where do I sign?
Bingo. Did his scientific and technological achievements suddenly evaporate?
No.
You’re just a bunch of Butt Hurt Leftists who have their panties in a wad because he’s helping root out government corruption.
This feels like a ‘rent a mob’ AstroTurf effort by George Soros, democrats or Global ‘elites’. And it’s NOT news until it happens.
So the royal society is a sniveling PAC?
<< Prof Dorothy Bishop, a leading expert on children’s communication disorders...with Andrew Millar, a professor of systems biology at the University of Edinburgh >>
Couple of hacks...Millar’s current research is *Science Policy*...hopefully more non-contributors will resign...DOGE even working in Royal Society!
So it's really only a temporary award for behavior acceptable to TPTB. Right, then.
The UK has jumped the shark and is now "ps" (postscript or post-Starmer...take your pick).
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