After the triumphant landing of the probe on a comet, the scientist Matt Taylor was up in arms. And all because of the Hawaiian shirt with half-naked girls with weapons. A little about sexism and idiots.
After the triumphant landing of the Philae module, social networks and the media suddenly took up arms against the scientist Matt Taylor. And all because of the Hawaiian shirt with half-naked girls with weapons. Matt, and then the entire perplexed scientific community, was accused of sexism and misogyny. They put the probe on a comet, and the audience made a scandal over the shirt!
Scientist Dr Matt Taylor - celebrating the impact of the Rosetta probe on a comet - was interviewed in a Hawaiian comic strip.
A network mega-hysteria began with accusations of "sexism". Feminists dispersed in earnest, using the relevance of the moment. Friends and relatives denied all this and argued that he was a little eccentric and not too practical, passionate about science.
When a scientist puts a probe on a comet, a fool examines his shirt.
The title of my note was stolen from Confucius. In any case, it is he who is credited with the initial quote, which is no less suitable: when the sage points to the moon, the imbecile examines his finger.
On November 12, the European Space Agency (ESA), for the first time in human history, landed a probe on the surface of a comet as part of a mission that lasted more than 10 years. Since man first flew into space and then landed on the moon, this is perhaps one of the most impressive space achievements. It is not for you to sprinkle a rocket with holy water (and, subsequently, ditch it). The comet is interesting in that it, apparently, formed a very long time ago, about 4.6 billion years ago, and by studying its composition, one can better understand how our Sun and the planets of the solar system were formed.
The day was to be one of the happiest for British physicist Matt Taylor, who played a key role in the mission. But instead, Matt Taylor was brought to tears.
Matt Taylor, the physicist who landed the probe on the comet, makes a public apology with tears in his eyes. For what? - you ask. For the fact that he dared to wear a shirt, which depicts painted women "dressed immodestly" and "in provocative poses." What's the big deal? - you ask. They're not even naked. So I asked myself this question. The answer was found in The Verge magazine. There was published an article with the following title: "I don't care if you put a spacecraft on a comet, your shirt is sexist." The subtitle of the article: "A small step for man, three steps back for mankind."
I attach an image of Matt Taylor in a shirt and suggest that you find something offensive in this image. Personally, I see a great stylish shirt on a cool guy with tattoos.
But, you see, according to some people, such a T-shirt is a manifestation of disrespect for women. Because of such a T-shirt, according to the author of the article in The Verge, women will be afraid to go to physicists, chemists and astronauts. And you need to apologize not only to Matt Taylor, but to the entire European Space Agency for the fact that “no one asked Matt Taylor to take off this shirt” and moreover, no one even “didn’t even think to ask about it”!
I have a few words on that. First, the authors of such articles are themselves sexists, for they believe that women are so cowardly that a shirt can interfere with their scientific career. Secondly, this shirt was given to Matt by his girlfriend. Female. Third, after this scandal, I want the same shirt. Matt's girlfriend urgently needs to patent the shirt and organize sales with delivery all over the world. This shirt, firstly, looks very good, and secondly, it has acquired a wonderful symbolic meaning: it is not your business to indicate to whom and what to wear. Didn't anyone at ESA pay attention to the employee's shirt? Naturally! It's just a shirt! But now millions will pay attention to this shirt. This is called the Streisand effect. Finally, this assault on a glorious scientist, public pressure and persecution, forcing a person to bend under the onslaught of idiocy - all this offends my intellectual feelings. How dare you complain about offending someone's feelings and at the same time insult me and many other people?
Suppose the ESA apologizes for its employee's shirt. What's next? The first season of South Park has a great episode: "Mr. Hankey is a Christmas turd." In this episode, on Christmas Eve, the mother of one of the characters demands that all religious symbols be banned from the school play. they insult her. In search of a compromise, the Mayor of the city proposes to exclude any symbols that offend at least someone. As a result, it turns out that someone is insulted by Santa Claus, someone is a Christmas tree, and someone is an asterisk. The school Christmas play turns into a boring minimalist performance to the music of Philip Glass (by the way, I love him, but he fit into the idea very well). After the performance, all residents of the city begin to blame each other for the destruction of the spirit of Christmas. And only Mr. Hankey saves everyone. The moral is this: there is nothing that does not offend anyone. We will deduce shirts that are undesirable to someone from the social norm, and then, on this precedent, we will have to ban the Google logo, because the two letters O in its name remind someone impressionable boobs. And then even talking turd won't save us. That is why any laws prohibiting insulting the feelings of believers or any other feelings are the deepest insanity. In general, this is contrary to the spirit of freedom of speech and self-expression.
Landing a probe on a comet is a kind of Christmas for a scientist who has put his knowledge, skills and time into the project. And this holiday was spoiled by madmen. The women's rights movement has played an important and positive role at one time: so that women have the right to vote, to be hired, elected to public office, and so on. But this story is no longer a fight for women's rights, but a fight against other people's rights. For example, with the right to independently decide how to dress. It's time to stop. I can never support the fight against the human right to a good shirt.
The artist vamp1r0, in response to public accusations, draws a picture in support of the scientist, where Matt Taylor is on a comet with charming aliens.
Update. Comment of the day by Helga Snowy. Matt Taylor cried because he was surrounded by stupid people
Update 2. Results of a survey in the group Scientists against pseudoscience, in the social network VKontakte. The sample is not very representative for our country, but it is clear that, after all, most people do not care about a shirt.
I'm a girl, this shirt insults me 2.8%
I'm a girl, this shirt DOES NOT insult me 18.8%
I am a man, I consider this shirt inappropriate 2.9%
I am a man, I think this shirt is appropriate 28.3%
I don't really care about other people's shirts 47.2%
