Post #1992140
2026-05-05 03:01 UTC
Replies (19)
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@dianea@lgbtqia.space 2026-05-05 03:12
@Sheril@mastodon.social I used to help editing with publishing research for journals into the early morning hours, writing patents, so yeah, I know a few scientists... What we see on television is...
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@Viss@mastodon.social 2026-05-05 03:18
@Sheril@mastodon.social yeah well nobody who listed elon musk could either
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@c_dan4th@mstdn.social 2026-05-05 03:03
@Sheril Elon Musk a scientist? Oh my head.
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@minmi@sfba.social 2026-05-05 03:04
@Sheril I can!! But my first thought was my mom 🤗
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@scottwilson@infosec.exchange 2026-05-05 03:05
@Sheril Dang, that’s really sad. I can’t say I’m surprised…
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@rbmath@mathstodon.xyz 2026-05-05 03:06
@Sheril this seems like a ridiculous poll. I would guess a lot of Americans can name a scientist-but they don't think of them as scientists. It's their cousin who works in biotech, or their friends wife who teaches as the local university, or someone who is known for some other reason, but is known for an entirely unrelated reason.
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@watergirl@mastodon.coffee 2026-05-05 03:11
@Sheril Dr. Eric Topol of Scripps Research in San Diego.
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@agowa338@chaos.social 2026-05-05 03:13
@Sheril Since when is Elon Musk a scientist?
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@michaelgemar@cosocial.ca 2026-05-05 03:14
@Sheril Does Robert F. Kennedy Jr. count? Or Dr. Oz?
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@d0hb0y@pixelfed.social 2026-05-05 03:30
Christina Koch
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@gnomon@mastodon.social 2026-05-05 12:37
@Sheril@mastodon.social @cargot_robbie@urbanists.social *meanwhile, on the fediverse* "DAN THE CLAM MAN", "DR LAWLER HAS A BABY GOAT NAMED CYBERTRUCK", etc etc cc @dantheclamman@scicomm.xyz @sundogplanets@mastodon.social
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@HolyCrap@troet.cafe 2026-05-05 05:10
Trump is a doctor and Musk a scientist. 🤣 @Sheril@mastodon.social
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@daszeiserl@fnordon.de 2026-05-05 05:11
@Sheril@mastodon.social Is that strictly necessary, though? The people that come to mind, apart from actual scientists I know personally (who would probably not want to be known in any wider public sense) are those who have taken it upon themselves to become science communicators, often with unpleasant side effects like harassment. I‘m happy for scientists to science away in peace. Lots of scientific achievement is a collective effort anyway.
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@sarae@ecoevo.social 2026-05-05 05:15
@Sheril@mastodon.social I'm definitely more alive than Elon musk
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@mwehle@berlin.social 2026-05-05 05:58
@Sheril@mastodon.social I am curious what the statistics are like for countries in western Europe. Conversation with my engineer colleagues here in Berlin is literally never about science, or climate change. I doubt anyone I know can name a German scientist.
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@Retepkce@rollenspiel.social 2026-05-05 07:55
@Sheril@mastodon.social Elon Musk? Seriously?
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@celesteh@hachyderm.io 2026-05-05 08:28
@Sheril@mastodon.social I mean, no I can't name a famous living scientist, but I think it would be an error to personalise this poll and make it a case of individual ignorance. In the mid twentieth century, scientists were often public intellectuals. Everyone knew who Einstein was. Now, the role of science in popular culture has declined. There aren't scientists regularly appearing on chat shows. If there are science influencers, their reach is smaller. We don't have Life magazine to make people nationally known. The way science is funded, published, and carried out has also dramatically changed.
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@gfwellman@defcon.social 2026-05-05 08:37
@Sheril@mastodon.social The only two that came to my mind were Stephan Rahmstorf and Juan Maldacena - and then I had to look up how to spell their last names. (Ok, I thought of Neil dGT as well.)
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@joriki@infosec.exchange 2026-05-06 23:49
@Sheril@mastodon.social feels like a lead in to further corrupt science with celebrity 😬