Squirting out hashtags and calling it science
Published: Tue, 11/24/20
“I have a question about this job. Are you seriously saying that posting pro-science sentiments on Facebook would disqualify you from this job because it is 'low information'? I think that is a low information opinion. Also, do I need a high school degree for this?”
Bear in mind, the email literally started off by saying:
“Do NOT reply to this email asking me any questions about the job. Any such questions sent to me will be ignored, and whoever sends it immediately disqualified”
Thus, my business partner & Learnistic founder Troy Broussard's reply when he saw it:
“Wtf is he talking about? Stupid question alone is disqualifying…”
As for pro science bro's other nattering:
He was referring to where the job description said low information people who post terms & hashtags like: “follow the science!” or “trust the plan!” or “the science is settled!” or “climate denier!” or “follow the process!” or "wear the mask!" etc on Facebook are not qualified.
And that's no exaggeration.
Troy - a Navy Nuclear engineer who oversaw nuclear power plants, and knows a little bit more than the hashtag science majors about how science works in the real world vs Facebook Narnia - requires everyone in the company to use the scientific method to find bugs in the app. And he doesn't want these types blindly squirting out media-created propaganda about "#science!" anywhere near the company.
It’s simply a lost cause for a lot of these Facebook science majors.
It’s bad enough when they can’t follow 2nd grade level instructions.
But it’s even worse when what makes up “pRo sCiEnCe!” to them is Facebook hashtags that have about as much basis in reality as Thor being able to fly by swinging his hammer really fast and throwing it in the air while still holding onto it.
Anyway, that email got us some extremely qualified candidates.
But, as an unintended benefit, it’s also repelling a lot of hashtag science majors, too.
I probably should mock them more often.
In the meantime:
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Ben Settle