Comment on Recognize the mother of Wifi
unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone 4 months agoIt’s the 21st Century now. There is no authoritive source of information, they should’ve added a link
Comment on Recognize the mother of Wifi
unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone 4 months agoIt’s the 21st Century now. There is no authoritive source of information, they should’ve added a link
theneverfox@pawb.social 4 months ago
She invented the foundation of the technology
We call Alan Turing the father of modern computing, because he invented the foundation of the technology
Women more directly involved wouldn’t be the “mother” of the technology, they would be the “creator”
unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone 4 months ago
It’s very loose terminology. We call Oppenheimer the father of the atomic bomb when Einstein, etc laid the foundation for the technology. It’s a stupid thing to be arguing about
theneverfox@pawb.social 4 months ago
Einstein didn’t lay the foundation for the technology, he laid the foundation for the standard model. We call him the father of modern physics. He made the math work, the bomb was already being developed by the Germans. He didn’t come up with the idea, he didn’t come up with the technology, he just consulted.
Oppenheimer built and led the team that built the bomb. The theories weren’t complete, the technology didn’t exist, no one had laid out an equation that enabled the technology - they did all that in the Manhattan project.
Every person called the father or mother of <field of science> is a hero, in both the literary and personal sense. They represent looking at something in a new way - their name is an embodiment of a certain way of thinking.
You took a shot at that for no reason
unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone 4 months ago
Attributing someone as the “mother” or “father” of anything is a stupid simplification. Probably some dumb American thing. It’s just stupid. Not only does it imply that there can only be one female and/or male with this title for any given field (“the”), it can be inaccurate. In general by making this simplification you are setting two different standards of contribution, which goes against any idea of equality. I’d rather consider them substantial contributors. That way these arguments are completely avoided.