I want to point out that what prompted my
creative mind this time is this news, grammar edited by me: “This SA Professor
[Has] Just [Been] Ranked Second-Best Mathematician In The World” by Mildred Europa Taylor (19 Nov 2022, Face2Face Africa, face2faceafrica.com):
A professor from the University of the
Free State (UFS) in South Africa has been ranked as the second-best
mathematician in the world and No 188 in all of science, technology, and
engineering in Stanford University’s Top 2% Scientists in the World.
Abdon Atangana [above, inset right] is a
Professor of Applied Mathematics at the Institute for Groundwater Studies at
the UFS. Stanford University created the list of the top 2% of world-class
researchers based on citations over their full careers, according to UFS. The
list was published in September and highlights 195,605 researchers who make up
the top 2%.
Reading carefully now, you will note that
Stanford U is listing the “top 2% of world-class researchers based on
citations” – do you know what that means? The criterion for being labeled as
“world–class researcher” is the number of citations you have received from
other researchers in their published papers in technical journals.
That is science published for personal
credit, not necessarily science for people’s benefits – the honor belongs only
to the scientist; the value of the publication does not necessarily belong to
the readers, the people!
Scientific journals serve the selfish interests of scientists – not the
selfless interest of the people!
I writer-editor demand that the world publish popular science magazines
today!
In the Philippines, I suggest the name
“Popular Farming & Gardening.” Above, I stuck a photo of William Dar on the image, because I know
as PH Secretary of Agriculture (Aug 2019-June 2022), he has the needs of
farmers more in mind than those of aggie scientists. (He is also a farmer.)
Note: The main image above says, “59 tales
of resilience in the face of disaster” – those are helpful stories for people.
But I want more – we have to deal with “natural disasters”!
The major “natural disaster” complex confronting us today is “Climate
Change.” I choose Mr Dar as the next PH Secretary of Agriculture because he declared,
after he received the “1st MS Swaminathan Global Leadership Award
for Sustainable Development 2022” in New Delhi on 10 Nov 2022 – “It's Time To
Consider Regenerative Agriculture” (17 Nov 2022, The Manila Times, manilatimes.net).
In that Times column, Mr Dar says, “Being the first awardee named after
Dr Swaminathan, I owe it to him to champion regenerative agriculture as one of
the solutions to level up local and global food production.” Additionally: To solve
Climate Change and Farmer Poverty. No more could we Filipinos ask!@517
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