Well, the forceful, ongoing anti-GMO backlash set off by Monsanto’s messaging style (which in hindsight seems almost milquetoast compared to Palantir’s) doesn’t augur well…

This is seriously mistaken as @Ignatzz.bsky.social says. Western science was basically born in the late medieval church (see e.g. the works of St. Albert the Great) & largely nourished by the church thereafter. And note that the Church of England honored Darwin’s work by burial in Westminster Abbey.

Or any of these & more:
Rev.
Lt.
Capt.
Maj.
Col.
Gen.
All of which could be scientists or physicians in this day & age - & hence ordering mol biol reagents!

“And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is (w)hol(l)y ground(less) (speculation)”

Perhaps it fires the therapeutic ‘silver bullet’?

It’s at least equally useful to know that around 1/2 the nitrogen in our DNA comes from the Haber-Bosch process & that 🇨🇳 is the world’s largest🍏 producer.

I witnessed Margaret Thatcher’s downsizing of the world-class 🇬🇧 network of government ag research institutions in the 1980s. What were some of the best jobs for plant scientists just vanished. Since then I’ve always cautioned people against thinking that government science jobs are totally secure.

For an informative case of analysis (read: take-down) of a (biomedical) paper in real-time in social media, head over to X and search for LMHR. This case could stand as an example for teaching & I think it will likely be used this way in future.

Sin duda alguna!

Amen on both counts! Thank you Quentin & Kelly!

It’s precisely the elegant simplicity of this piece that’s so compelling. Of course it doesn’t capture all the factors. But it transmits a scientifically defensible message that anyone can understand. We need more messaging like this if science is to be seen as serving everyone not just scientists.

Not German, but may be relevant:

“Queen siembra vientos, recoge tempestades”

Yes, the planting density seemed OK but there was not enough information in the Methods or Fig. S12 to tell plot size, or whether guard rows were used.