The royal association, one of the oldest scientific institutions in the world, shall keep the meeting to discuss its scholarship behavior and public statements. This happens after thousands of researchers raised concern about the billionaire entrepreneur of Elon Musk’s constant membership.
Founded in 1660, society has fallen from the biggest researchers in history among its scholarships such as Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking. Known for its work of space and electric vehicles, Musk was selected as a researcher in 2018.
Over 2,000 researchers have now signed an open letter led by structural biologist Stephen Curry, criticizing the “continuous silence and obvious” Musk membership of the Royal Association.
Letter to blame Musk about the promotion of conspiracy theorieswhich they claim to be with the rules of society.
“The situation is made more serious because Musk is now in the Donald Trump administration in the United States, which has been an attack on scientific research in recent several weeks,” the letter states that it reports that it reports Reuters.
By TelegraphRoyal Society has invited members to a meeting next month, where they can vote for whether Musk is expelled.
The spokesman of the Royal Association confirmed that the meeting will be held on March 3, saying that its aim is to discuss “the principles of public statements and behavior”.
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However, they added that “all questions on individual scholarships are discussed strictly confidentially,” without mentioning directly the musk.
(With Reuters’ income)
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