Joshua Buckholtz
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That’s right. The lessons we learn as scientists — to keep trying things in the face of uncertainty, to be ok with failure and be persistent — are important for us now as we seek to stop this ongoing coup.
I like this perspective a lot. Perhaps the most useful things I learned in grad school were being unafraid to try something new and being ok with failure. If a group of scientists can't "troubleshoot" a movement, I don't know who can.
This is very good advice for scientists who are now dipping their toes for the first time into organizing, or into speaking out.
Many things you try will not work. You just have to keep trying things.
The best resistance is positive persistence. 🧪
Many things you try will not work. You just have to keep trying things.
The best resistance is positive persistence. 🧪
March 1, 2025 at 1:58 PM
That’s right. The lessons we learn as scientists — to keep trying things in the face of uncertainty, to be ok with failure and be persistent — are important for us now as we seek to stop this ongoing coup.
Reposted by Joshua Buckholtz
More tragic news about NIH and NIH science. Grant system is frozen and intramural program is being slashed. All will claw back on treatments and cures for cancer and other human diseases. This can’t be what the public wants. 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH ban on renewing senior scientists adds to assaults on its in-house research
Policy follows firings of tenure-track scientists and suspension of training programs
www.science.org
February 27, 2025 at 10:05 AM
More tragic news about NIH and NIH science. Grant system is frozen and intramural program is being slashed. All will claw back on treatments and cures for cancer and other human diseases. This can’t be what the public wants. 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...