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beccaaaaaaaaa Mar 28, 2026 +1

So basically it’s a billionaire book club with one scientist tagging along for credibility feels more like Silicon Valley fanfiction than science policy.

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Ananiujitha Mar 28, 2026 +1

Or part of the Epstein circle. P.S. Not to suggest that this scientist was. But the Epstein circle had a lot of oligarchs and a few academics, apparently so the oligarchs could feel smart, possibly also so the academics could beg for funding.

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redalert825 Mar 28, 2026 +1

The Board of Cringe

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justlurkshere Mar 28, 2026 +1

Doesn’t that make the tech person a DEI hire? Just askin…

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P1xelHunter78 Mar 28, 2026 +1

What do ya bet they’ll determine with an 8 to 1 vote that data centers don’t cause global warming

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monosuperboss1 Mar 28, 2026 +1

idiocracy

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zomboscott Mar 28, 2026 +1

In Idiorcacy they actually started listening to reason.

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monosuperboss1 Mar 28, 2026 +1

that's true, so does that mean it'll eventually get better, i wonder?

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blazesquall Mar 28, 2026 +1

No, it was too optimistic

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_Sadism_ Mar 28, 2026 +1

Idiocracy is after the tech feudalism fails. For now, its just early Cyberpunk 2077.

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Cod_North Mar 28, 2026 +1

Except way more boring.

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jimbarino Mar 28, 2026 +1

Oh, it'll get less boring...

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Sixmmxw Mar 28, 2026 +1

Nah. The Epstein files.

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Sixmmxw Mar 28, 2026 +1

And its conglomerates.

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papibigdaddy Mar 28, 2026 +1

Mark Zuckerberg and Larry Ellison in charge of deciding science priorities. We are fucked.

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mmuffley Mar 28, 2026 +1

And in today’s episode of Dumb Shit the President Does…

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pixelwhip Mar 28, 2026 +1

And the science is just there to go under the bus when they need someone to blame.

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zomboscott Mar 28, 2026 +1

Vivek Ramaswamy dipped the f*** out when he realized he was going to be fElon's fall guy.

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Thorrbane Mar 28, 2026 +1

Right? Where the hell did he go after that? It's like he just vanished from the news one day.

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zomboscott Mar 28, 2026 +1

Aperently after he dipped out, he did a social media blackout and decided to run for office in Ohio. I don't think he can handle scrutiny too well.

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never_not_phlegmy Mar 28, 2026 +1

They found the 10th dentist that doesn’t prefer (brand). “Scientist” is probably being used very loosely here.

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Bishopjones2112 Mar 28, 2026 +1

Sorta like the board of peace full of human rights violators.

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AmIThisNothingness Mar 28, 2026 +1

The pay-to-play has never been more on-point.

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Gold_Drummer_4077 Mar 28, 2026 +1

1. **Larry Ellison (Oracle):** University of Illinois, University of Chicago (Dropped out) 2. **Mark Zuckerberg (Meta/Facebook):** Harvard University (Dropped out) How many actually are STEM educated?

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Educational-Double34 Mar 28, 2026 +1

A few in nuclear and one electrical engineer.

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trisul-108 Mar 28, 2026 +1

>The sole academic researcher is John Martinis, a quantum physicist at the University of California, Santa Barbara, who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics last year for observations of macroscopic quantum phenomena. “I am honoured to be on the committee,” Martinis told Nature. He is the fig leaf of the committee.

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Scuttling_Billionair Mar 28, 2026 +1

I wonder if he'll turn on them if tech stocks continue their decline and they lose their political utility.

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Purple_Squirrel325 Mar 28, 2026 +1

Oligarchy

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seattlemyth Mar 28, 2026 +1

The 1 dentist out of 5?

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smithpd1 Mar 28, 2026 +1

"The sole academic researcher is John Martinis, a quantum physicist at the University of California, Santa Barbara, who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics last year for observations of macroscopic quantum phenomena." Nice guy, I am sure, but this appointment is irrelevant to today's social problems. A climate scientist or a medical researcher would be better, but those fields are taboo in the anti-science Trump administration.

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Trix_Are_4_90Kids Mar 28, 2026 +1

they just want to know how to protect themselves, but I bet the lone scientist will be beholden to the others that know nothing. Classic white supremacy bull💩. Incompetent as hell.

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KlutzyInvestments Mar 28, 2026 +1

I feel like this is that sweet moment where the teacher finally puts all the slackers in one group for a group project. Just sucks one potentially legitimate person was wrapped up in what should be a serious project.

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andyraylan Mar 28, 2026 +1

Honestly surprised that there is one scientist.

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It_Starts_Smoll Mar 28, 2026 +1

WTF is going on with Trump's eyes? He looks like a tree frog.

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TheAskewOne Mar 28, 2026 +1

The people in power confuse science, innovation and technology. They get their ideas of what a scientist is from Marvel movies.

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ok-this-ok Mar 28, 2026 +1

no kings gonna be lit

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Sad-Week6040 Mar 28, 2026 +1

Lit what? A congregation of all the people who could do something meaningful and instead can't be bothered to get out more than 3 times in 15 months? A parade with funny signs ain't fixing shit

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Sigma_Function-1823 Mar 28, 2026 +1

Let's hope trump and his billionaire enablers believe the hilariously uninformed narrative your selling rather than recognize and react the way every other authoritarian government does to the threat posed by citizens self organizing. Either way this protest is likely to continue to grow as the consequences of trumps choices become increasingly impossible for citizens to ignore. Large protests can become any numbers of problematic things for authoritarian governments including nascent governments in waiting or sparking revolutionary resistance such as was the case for the founding of the US in the revolutionary war. Even with.the orange fools consistent record of inept and ineffective strategic thinking he has enough survival instincts to have repeatedly expressed a desire to suppress any protest or criticisms of any kind including in direct violation of citizens first amendment protections. So it sure looks like the president doesn't share your lack of understanding about the dangers to his plans to make himself " president for life" that a citizen driven democratic movement and constitutional rights of assembly pose. Not that he can do much about it other than undertake ineffective, illegal, unconstitutional and ultimately self defeating actions in addition to his usual bitching and moaning.

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Television_Powerful Mar 28, 2026 +1

There have been enough examples for US, from other countries how to get this over with. But US is too far gone with corruption and eroding laws. Their democracy is as good as dead.

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smersh101 Mar 28, 2026 +1

>Their democracy is as good as dead. Nah. See you back here in about 8 months.

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RobottoRisotto Mar 28, 2026 +1

Note to scientist: Don’t bring your Nobel Prize to panel meetings.

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MindOk8618 Mar 28, 2026 +1

Trump knows no science. He doesn't even read.

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jcrestor Mar 28, 2026 +1

US Americans nowadays: "Is science even real?"

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ishamm Mar 28, 2026 +1

Absolute lol if Elon got overlooked for this after buying the presidency for Trump

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stickybond009 Mar 28, 2026 +1

Let Jared lead them

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It_Starts_Smoll Mar 28, 2026 +1

Jared from Thirty Seconds to Mars, or Jared from Subway? Because I have misgivings either way.

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JoanOfSnark_2 Mar 28, 2026 +1

Jared who solved Middle East peace

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favdulce Mar 28, 2026 +1

It’s a science and technology panel. It’s disingenuous to primarily refer to it as a science panel and I expect better from the Scientific American. You may argue that it is far too skewed towards tech, and that’s valid.

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