https://www.nature.com/articles/d415...box=1729182953
Saw this piece in Nature chiding the scientific community for referring to conferences held annually in the Fall as “fall conferences”. It fails to be inclusive of the Southern Hemisphere. It made me think of the people who claim I shouldn’t call myself an “American” because a couple of continents share that name. When various despots blame America for their problems, does anyone hold Peruvians responsible?
Who are these imperialists who decreed the Prime Meridian runs though Greenwich instead of Haiphong or Harare? Who named the planets after Western mythical figures? I think there’s a rich vein of indignation to be mined here in the coming years.