Error 404: The “gotcha” you’re looking for is not found. I left academia after chasing a PhD in Physics. I’m a work in progress. Let’s learn from one another.
Jun 11 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
The idea of “decolonization” of different subjects started gaining steam around 2016. More so in 2017 during the “science must fall” movement.
Here’s a thread of one of the arguments behind the “decolonization movement” that started this mess. 🧵
“Decolognizers” believe that science needs to “speak to [people personally]” and “accommodate [their] perspectives” in order to be considered valid and decolonized.
Disagreeing with that worldview means you are “vested in the Eurocentric way of understanding.”
Apr 22, 2023 • 19 tweets • 10 min read
@SarahTheHaider I finally finished this podcast As both Ms. Jackson and Ms. Rao would say, “There’s a lot to unpack.” 😂
Let’s start with this. The classic “racism equals prejudice plus power” definition. I think here the guests should’ve been challenged to define power before going further.
@SarahTheHaider They’re operating in a completely different reality. Power should’ve been defined so the paradoxes of their ideology can be confronted.
Paradoxes such as black/brown ppl being on the bottom, yet CRT is a dominant ideology & they’re making thousands from talking about it. (2/n)
Aug 12, 2021 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
@Emmyjewel I once dated a girl who works in admissions for one of the top 30 best colleges in the world. She one day stopped answering my texts out of nowhere. I was going to live & let live, but this time I wanted an explanation so I called her after not hearing from her for 2 weeks. 1/n
@Emmyjewel She answered very calmly but measured as if she was getting interviewed or something. She also was acting as if everything was fine between us.
After some small talk I straight up asked her, “Why did you ghost me and decide to talk today?” What she said was stupefying. 2/n
Jul 25, 2021 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
On Warping Definitions: In science we change our definitions of terms already defined to provide a more accurate description of nature.
I have an issue when sociology/identity studies scholars expand definitions making them more vague to fit conclusions. Here’s why. 1↓
Let’s use light as an example. The study of light and its interactions with matter is called optics.
Isaac Newton theorized light to be a particle. Soon after Christiaan Huygens theorized light to be a wave. James Maxwell theorized light to be an electromagnetic wave. 2↓
Apr 24, 2020 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Some are under the impression that bringing up the achievements of Newton or Shakespeare are “shaming those with mental health” or “insensitive of various inequalities.”
This is why I think the lens of victimhood is catastrophic for those with poor mental health.(THREAD)
I agree that we shouldn’t guilt ourselves & others for not being productive or achieving great things during these times.
My problem with articles like this is it tries to convince us that highlighting the productivity *equates* to shaming. (2/n)
#Fact 1 - The Wage Gap is real. People who says it's not haven't read the data.
However, in places like the USA, the wage gap is *not* mostly due to sexism like many #femnist#WomenInScience are claiming it is today. Disparate outcomes doesn't imply disparate treatment.
Women typically choose fields that are lower paying; even in the #STEM fields. To attribute that to sexism only or even mostly is a very dishonest way of deriving an answer for this complex disparity.
