Why Evolution is True is a blog written by Jerry Coyne, centered on evolution and biology but also dealing with diverse topics like politics, culture, and cats.
I’m acquainted with Holden Thorp, editor-in-chief of Science, because my colleague Luana Maroja debated him and then wrote about it afterwards (you can see the debate video here and Luana’s post-debate interview with a National Association of Scholars person here). Thorp, like every other big-time journal editor, is woke. You can see that in the … Continue reading Holden Thorp, editor of Science, goes after our merit paper
As you know, Science’s editor-in-chief Holden Thorp has been dragging his magazine into inappropriate realms of ideology (see my posts here), and of course his power as editor of America’s most famous science journal keeps some scientists from speaking up about this. Reader Jay thought he’d do an experiment and compare Thorp to the output … Continue reading The Chat bot vs. the editor-in-chief of Science
The other day Steven Pinker received a form letter from Ann Bostrom, one of the Board of Directors of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), asking for money to support action on climate change. (Bostrom is also a professor of environmental policy at the University of Washington.) The AAAS also publishes Science, … Continue reading Pinker vs. the AAAS on the politicization of climate change—and science in general
Lee Jussim is an antiwoke social psychologist at Rutgers and one of the 29 authors of our paper “In Defense of Merit in Science” (“Abbot et al.”). As we expected, that paper was controversial, but it’s also been widely read, with more than 100,000 views on The Journal of Controversial Ideas.” As I said in … Continue reading Lee Jussim analyzes the criticism of our paper on science and merit
Under Science‘s editor-in-chief Holden Thorp, who regularly writes authoritarian “progressive” pieces in his bully pulpit, the entire journal has become woke. (Fortunately, the science articles themselves generally remain untainted by ideology.) But who dares to object to this editorial trend given that every scientist wants their papers published in one of the world’s two premier … Continue reading The journal Science, promoting athletic competition between trans women and biological women, abjures science and distorts data
This post is late because I overslept by 1.5 hours. I’m not sure how much sleep I got, though, as it took me forever to fall asleep. Anyway, do not worry: I am not dead. We’ve once again reached the end of the work week (and also the end of the month), as it’s Friday … Continue reading Friday: Hili dialogue
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the place of identity politics (and, lately, the fight against racism) in science, and had some more thoughts when I read a new article in Quillette by two French scientists. (Click on screenshot.) The title pretty much tells it all: the authors see “racial tribalism” in America—the infusion … Continue reading The incursion of identity politics into science
The article below is by H. Holden Thorpe, who is editor-in-chief of all the Science journals, and it appeared in the most recent issue of the flagship journal Science (reference below). You can read it by clicking on the screenshot, or download the pdf here (both for free). The point Thorp is making, which is … Continue reading The editor in chief of Science misleads readers into thinking that there is no contradiction between wanting high academic standards and wanting equity
