ISAAC NEWTON was a self-interested tyrant. James Watson, a Nobel laureate, spouted racist and sexist notions all his life. These males however managed to maintain maintain of one of many British scientific institution’s highest baubles—fellowship of the Royal Society, the oldest scientific academy on the earth. The most recent member of that membership to be accused of unbecoming behaviour is Elon Musk, the richest man on the earth and, now, a confidant of President-elect Donald Trump. His continued inclusion—regardless of what another scientists have referred to as “anti-scientific” behaviour—has led to a fracas.
