Tuesday, November 09, 2021

A Scientific Paper is Retracted

In City Journal, Heather Mac Donald explores a disturbing example of bullying in science.

As an old discrimination investigator, my question is simple: "Whatever happened to impartial investigations?" 

If people have complaints, let them be investigated in a prompt, thorough, and impartial manner so appropriate action, based on the evidence, can be taken. What happened here is the all-too-familiar (and gutless) pattern of allegations, hasty surrender, and, of course, the obligatory abject apology.

This has shades of the Chinese Cultural Revolution.

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