Elon Musk sparks crisis talks at UK’s elite Royal Society
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3e44ge0xnwo
Posted by Snowfish52
Elon Musk sparks crisis talks at UK’s elite Royal Society
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3e44ge0xnwo
Posted by Snowfish52
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> It is 150 years since a member of the Royal Society was ejected: That was German scientist and writer, Rudolf Eric Raspe, who was accused of theft and fraud.
> So the rift among the membership, caused by Mr Musk and his public pronouncements, could be an historic turning point for this most elite of scientific academies.
It takes a lot to upset these people.
> It was Musk’s technological achievements with Tesla and SpaceX that earned him a fellowship
Musk didn’t do shit
I think we in the UK need to get better at recognising that two or more things can be true about a person at the same time. I find the constant binary thinking so tiring.
Is Musk a monumental twat with egotistical tenancies. Clearly.
Has he also done a lot to progress space travel and other interesting areas of tech. Yup.
Has he done anything illegal? Not that I’m aware of.
Should honors bestowed by institutes like the Royal Society be conditional on believing in a certain set of values or political leanings? Probably not. Feels like dangerous territory.
What exactly are we doing here?
And I’m someone that realised what a poor human Musk was years ago, with his Pedo Guy comments about the diver. But being a dickhead doesn’t erase other contributions.
Unless the man has committed a truly awful crime, stripping him of anything is pretty chilling, and perversely somewhat provides merit to the idea that leftist ideology has poisoned our academic institutions…
Has he done anything other than throw money at stuff? SpaceX and Tesla are huge achievements but if he’s not really been involved in the science I don’t think he should be hailed as an elite scientist
The Nazi salute is enough to justify his ejection, just do it already.
The Society doesn’t want a nazi nutjob , understandable.
The second he did a Nazi salute he should have been kicked out. Why the fuck are we accepting this now?
Update: [They let him stay](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/mar/03/elon-musk-royal-society-fellowship-survives-fractious-members-meeting)
Man-child #1 will take it personally (as he always does), then get man-child #2 to impose tariffs.
> was elected a fellow of the UK’s national academy of sciences in 2018
Was this before or after he called the heroic cave divers pedo?
I really don’t know why people care one way or other. Being part of the Royal Society doesn’t actually mean anything, some of the best scientists on earth aren’t members.
Elitist, not elite. Can’t be elite with Busk as a member.
They are afraid of potential litigation. They can’t afford to defend themselves.