It seems the ordered retraction of papers with verboten terms has come to NASA.
Side note: if anyone has links or copies of soon to be memoryholed scientific research, r/datahoarder is setting up torrents.
https://nasawatch.com/trumpspace/retraction-of-scientific-papers-begins/
Retraction Of Scientific Papers Begins
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First I’ve heard of this. What are the verboten terms? What is this pertaining to, in other words?
Papers that in any way reference more than two genders, gender reassignment surgery etc. are getting this treatment which is quite troubling since medical papers have been exposed to the same treatment.
It’s not for already published research. It’s for papers still in the review process. Already published research isn’t going anywhere… yet.
Is this not the case for years now? Problematic books being removed from libraries because they touch on matters that are not in line with modern politics.
Censorship is huge problem and it has not just started and is not only limited to genders. Not so long ago the very same people who are now complaining have applauded when scientists got ostracised for standing by only two genders ideology. What happened to father of dna is crime against humanity and I recall certain people being very happy about this manhunt.
So I have mixed feelings here. Yes, the notion of fighting with censorship is great, but it feels hypocritical when group responsible for majority of censorship in recent years is suddenly against it.
Censorship should be pushed against on everything. We should listen to and discuss matters from all sides. Freedom of speech is the only way forward, particularly in science.
So monumentally stupid. This is the one of the behaviors of all totalitarian regimes – the ridiculous idea that by simply banning words, reality can be somehow erased and forgotten. This kind of edict, along with the purging of experts (and replacement by unqualified yes-men), persecution of perceived enemies and elevating state controlled media (OAN, Breitbart and others in this case) are right out of the dictator’s playbook, and incredibly, we are watching it happen here in the US right in front of our eyes.
I have such a strong feeling that going hard on this culture war bullshit is MAGA creating an emotional distraction on purpose while they do some equally terrible moves to absolutely destroy the balance of power our country is founded on.