After decades contributing to science, John Goodenough powers down American materials scientist and co-inventor of the lithium-ion battery John B Goodenough died yesterday, according to reports. He was 100. The Nobel laureate and professor of mechanical, material science, and electrical engineering at the University of Texas, Austin, enjoyed a long and prestigious career in chemistry but is …
rice: American is not a race
cow: Race and nationalism are exchangable when discussing racism as both are abstract concepts that only exist in the mind.
rice: Throwing the race card and hitting yourself in the eye. It never ends.
cow: You didnt answer why it matters what country anybody is from when remembering their achievements as a scientist or any other endevaour ?
Pot meet kettle.
I had a look through some of your posts and half of them are crapping on Americans and/or telling people they must be American because X.
For someone who proclaims that el reg should not mention America or Americans in an article about a well loved scientist who passed away you sure love mentioning America and Americans every chance you can get.
Or maybe it's ok to report in an article that an American has done something bad, just not that they have done something cool?
I'm confused.
Interesting.
I didn't know that "American" was a race. Last I checked, "American" was a nationality that signified the geographical location where someone a) was born b) claims citizenship c) other non-race-related geopolitical facts having nothing to do with skin color.
Might want to go back and re-educate on the definition of "race".
alison: I didn't know that "American" was a race. Last I checked, "American" was a nationality that signified the geographical location where someone a) was born b) claims citizenship c) other non-race-related geopolitical facts having nothing to do with skin color.
cow: Whty does it matter if he was American ?
alison: Might want to go back and re-educate on the definition of "race".
cow: Why does it matter if he was American ? Given all his achievements why does it article need to say this ?
I am a non Han Chinese Taiwanese citizen who made a lot of effort and sacrifices to earn my citizenship.
I am proud to represent my country whenever given the chance and I am also proud whenever I see scientific or sporting achievements by fellow Taiwanese.
This spirit of national comraderie and friendly competition with other nations is perfectly healthy and also encourages scientific achievements that benefit everybody.
Ironically for all its many faults America is a country that has gone to great lengths separating the idea of race from nationality. So you will see Americans of all colours being proud of American scientific achievements no matter where those scientists or their parents were born.
Not something you will see in e.g. China where nationality and race are very much connected and the percentage of black or white Chinese citizens is in the zeroes. A rather unhealthy and ugly attitude that seems closer to what you are peddling here.
"Why does it matter if JBG was American ? Isnt he a human being first ? Second q why are there so few articles about non Americans and when there are their country is almost never mentioned ?
Racism and America it never ends."
This is an article about the death of a great man, and you are a reprehensible little troll. Go pedal your irrelevant racebait claptrap elsewhere.
No, the one who made this racist and nationalist was the article.
There is no such thing as race or nationalism in any persons DNA. This is no different than the discrmination by Hitler and the nazis in the 1930s and all the other examples of horrible racism. Back in those days it was germany this and german that which is no different from the tone and purpose of mentioning this man was American.
Does it matter ?
The world is a big place, why dont we hear about scientists ? When was the last time you heard about Chinese scientists here ? Replace Chinese with European or Russian or Japanese ? Filtering stories or promoting stories because of a persons nationality is racist, just like selecting a person for any purpose based on skin colour is racist.
THis is no different than Hitler and his mates denyng the achievements of Jewish scientists and only promiting German Aryan scientists etc.
You're just embarrassing yourself, pal.
5 seconds of searching el reg for {country} boffins
https://www.theregister.com/2022/09/22/japanese_solar_powered_cyborg_cockroach/
https://www.theregister.com/2009/03/27/space_curry/
https://www.theregister.com/2023/02/27/china_defence_research_starlink_countermeasures/
The Register 
Biting the hand that feeds IT
Copyright. All rights reserved © 1998–2024
