Wee Shu Min

Today, when I went to Technorati to check on my blog's non-existent rank, I saw this:

Hmm... I recall seeing this name when I scanned the Straits Times this morning. So I thought - "Cool! A Singaporean is a top search item on Technorati!"

Turns out that Miss Wee Shu Min is a young blogger and daughter of a politician. She made a rather unpleasant comment on another guy's blog (Mr. Derek Wee) regarding a topic that many Singaporeans are deeply concerned about: long-term job security.

Resulting in a quite a buzz in the local blogosphere.

You can read more about this here:

Original article by Derek Wee

Comments by Wee Shu Min

Or if you have no time to read, here's a hilarious video that tells you what happened:



I will not go into the details here - Fresh Brainz is not that sort of blog!

However let me point out something relevant to biology that both authors mentioned in their posts. Derek Wee noted that (italicized by me) :

Onus is really on the government to revamp the society. A society that is not a pressure cooker. A society that does not mirror so perfectly, what survival of the fittest is. But a society, where it’s people can be committed, do their best and not having to fear whether they will still wake up employed tomorrow.

Wee Shu Min countered (italicized by me) :

if you're not good enough, life will kick you in the balls. that's just how things go. there's no point in lambasting the government for making our society one that is, i quote, "far too survival of fittest". it's the same everywhere. yes discrimination exists, and it is sad, but most of the time if people would prefer hiring other people over you, it's because they're better.

What a coincidence - I just wrote an article a few days ago that the term "survival of the fittest" is one of the most abused catchphrases in science.

Abused yet again.

Take that Darwin! TWACK!

*an anguished murmur from beyond the grave*