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First, I know Art McDonald, the scientist in question in that thread, and I do consider leading a large project to be a critical element of the project's success. Second, the quality of the discussion in that thread was much higher and the level of angry, punitive downvoting much lower (elsewhere in this thread I was downvoted currently to -2 for asserting that trolling != misogyny, an assertion that I think would be supported by every online and offline dictionary definition of the terms and is a measure of the emotional rather than rational factors driving much of this debate). Controversy over credit is not new. Weaponized misogyny driven outrage is. [edit added: Also thanks for finding and posting that link, it is a relevant component to include for comparison, even if we disagree on the conclusions to be drawn from it]