ubi on Nostr: I just learned of another naming controversy from a Chinese colleague. A very ...

I just learned of another naming controversy from a Chinese colleague. A very patriotic Chinese scientist named a fungus eating beetle after President Xi Jinping, triggering censorship and attacks from other nationalists who thought that it was an insult.

https://everything.explained.today/Rhyzodiastes_xii/

I'll stick to my rule of thumb of "don't name a species after someone unless you can vouch for them personally".