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throwaway39AZ commented on Katherine Johnson, NASA mathematician, has died at 101 nytimes.com/2020/02/24/sc... · Posted by u/uptown

danielg6 · 6 years ago

Ok. You know of Sally Ride but not Mae Jemison. Their work is equivalent.

You know of Watson and Crick, but not Rosalind Franklin. By you, I mean the general you.

throwaway39AZ · 6 years ago

I do know of Mae Jemison and Rosalind Franklin. Mae Jemison and Sally Ride, and Rosalind Franklin, James Watson and Francis Crick have a similar number of page views on Wikipedia, so I think they are all generally known about as well as each other. Maurice Wilkins less so.

throwaway39AZ commented on Katherine Johnson, NASA mathematician, has died at 101 nytimes.com/2020/02/24/sc... · Posted by u/uptown

rtkwe · 6 years ago

You're more likely to know their name because of the recent efforts to highlight their work an contributions BECAUSE they were ignored for so long.

throwaway39AZ · 6 years ago

> the recent efforts to highlight their work an contributions

Precisely! They have not gone unrecognized unlike the hundreds of thousands of other NASA ground staff.

> they were ignored for so long.

They never were ignored. They have recently been elevated above all the other NASA ground staff.

throwaway39AZ commented on Katherine Johnson, NASA mathematician, has died at 101 nytimes.com/2020/02/24/sc... · Posted by u/uptown

danielg6 · 6 years ago

They didn’t specially mention NASA in their comment. You know of Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla, but have you heard of Lewis Latimer? Probably not.

throwaway39AZ · 6 years ago

> You know of Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla, but have you heard of Lewis Latimer?

His work was not as significant. Compare https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Howard_Latimer#Technical... to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Edison_patents and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nikola_Tesla_patents

throwaway39AZ commented on Katherine Johnson, NASA mathematician, has died at 101 nytimes.com/2020/02/24/sc... · Posted by u/uptown

malcolmgreaves · 6 years ago

Wow, bold courageous move there. Making a throwaway just to challenge someone pointing out an effect of racism. Everyone thinks you're so incredible. /s

throwaway39AZ · 6 years ago

I'm so sorry. I'm just supposed to believe that "so many people, particularly women and people of color, have gone unrecognized for their accomplishments in their lifetime" when Katherine Johnson and Margaret Hamilton are the only NASA ground staff that I can name. Is there anything else you want me to believe?

throwaway39AZ commented on Katherine Johnson, NASA mathematician, has died at 101 nytimes.com/2020/02/24/sc... · Posted by u/uptown

ocdtrekkie · 6 years ago

I think it's pretty unfortunate so many people, particularly women and people of color, have gone unrecognized for their accomplishments in their lifetime. It's somewhat heartening to me that she was, however late, recognized properly within her lifetime for her incredible contributions.

throwaway39AZ · 6 years ago

Hundreds of thousands of people worked on Mercury and Apollo. How many can you name?

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