Ed. It is about time. ALL blasphemy should be considered protected speech. Why can’t evolutionists and creationists get along like humans and dinosaurs did? Unlike many other states, Texas does not ban workplace discrimination based on gender identity, sexual orientation, or marital status. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Scientific Fraud’
February 24th, 2011 - 8:14 am § in Schools & Colleges, Science
UPDATE:What Happened to the Boycott of NATURE?
Last August, the University of California and Nature Publishing Group, announced “an agreement to work together to address the current licensing challenges as well as the larger issues of sustainability in the scholarly communication process.” I can find nothing on the web about[...]
The Lab: A Video on Scientific Misconduct
Ed. The issue of scientific misconduct is a hot one at the UW. The President and Provost fired Professor Andrew Aprikyan despite the universal finding by a Senate panel that the UW had not followed due process. In my opinion, the UW has done a poor job. A lack of due process means that we [&[...]
Climate Denial
Thanks to Jefferson and the enlightenment, the American Revolution gave us a society that bans blasphemy laws. Is this is a good thing? Scientific truth .. whether that truth is based in particle physics or historical research, is different from the religious truths of the past or the doctrinaire tr[...]
January 25th, 2011 - 11:20 pm § in America
Paul Nurse on Climategate and Scientists Speaking Out
from The Independent Sir Paul Nurse, t Nobelist and president of the Royal Society, Britain’s national academy of sciences, urged scientists to speak out against the media hype. … “This is far too important to be left to the polemicists and the commentators in the media. Scienti[...]
January 25th, 2011 - 3:17 am § in Uncategorized
When Ambition Collides With Intellectual Honesty
It’s okay to lie through your teeth when you’re running for public office, but not when you’re publishing historical research. Funny how that works, isn’t it? Maybe we should require politicians to be truthful and let academics get away with whoppers because nobody reads thei[...]
Senate Chair: Aprikyan was wronged.
Originally posted 17 Jan. Updated Jan 24 because of a comment that may interest others. Please read comments. Ed Note: This is copied from the UW Senate Blog. Unfortunately, and I suspect illegally, that blog is protected from public view. UW staff, however can access the blog directly[...]