Hmmm.... well... yes and no. There are different kinds of fame right? Nikolai Tesla, Albert Einstein, Robert Oppenheimer, Issac Newton, Galileo - a few scientists who have remained consistently famous for often centuries. Paris Hilton was huge. Is she still recognized? Sure. Is she so famous? Not so much. Some types of fame exist primarily as a stunt or fad. So called “influencers” are aptly named because well- if they stop being relevant or seen they basically disappear and are all but forgotten at large.
There is a difference between “recognition” and being recognized. We conflate the two- but knowing who someone is because you’ve heard their name, seen their face and so on- isn’t the same as being recognized for achievement. Some of the most long enduring “famous” people in human history have been musicians, authors, poets, philosophers. Many famous actors, many famous for sex acts or conduct who were all the talk for some time in their day- no one beyond buffs of history or period culture remember them. Hardly anyone doesn’t know of Shakespeare though. “Fame” is multifaceted, and many scientists or artists don’t see fame until after they die.
The implication that you need more skils to be a scientist than an author or a musician shows quite clearly that a sad scientist made this.
I've published a few scientific articles which made me a little bit known in the very closed world of fossil ultraplancton enthusiasts but my manuscript has yet to find its place in a publisher's heart and music just seems out of this world to me.
I've published a few scientific articles which made me a little bit known in the very closed world of fossil ultraplancton enthusiasts but my manuscript has yet to find its place in a publisher's heart and music just seems out of this world to me.