I sympathize with the pain of scientists losing their grants.
But… when you make a deal with the devil, you get the horns.
My own 20 years of self-funded scientific work has shown me that most scientists are government employees who’ve literally signed away their autonomy and freedom of speech. Scientists must be EXTREMELY vigilant about what they say and who they criticize.
Scientists across a dozen disciplines have privately told me that most papers in their field are BS. Most progress is made in spite of the system, not because of it. Science is a corrupt profession monopolized by politicians & bureaucrats.
I say this as a person who has never received a dime of tax-funded support. I have paid Open Access fees out of my own pocket and raised money for nonprofit and for-profit projects. A brilliant postdoc asked me for career advice. I replied: “Do NOT take any position that compromises your autonomy or freedom of speech.”
The only scientists who say what they really think are those who have somehow attained some form of financial independence. The scientists I most admire, I admire for their willingness to stand AGAINST the system… not for their participation IN the system.
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I wondered how long it would take for professor Dave to target evo2.0, those associated with it, and the third way. He finally made a video responding to Denis Nobel specifically, but also responded to the increase in scientists talking about funding issues, dogma, and bias. Given he’s made a specific video for each of the major faces in the intelligent design circle, and had a 2 year long exchanges with James Tour, which eventually led to him platforming ex colleges of tour who blatantly lied about his career to smear him, I was curious if you were planning on responding. He will continue, and likely involve other new atheist influencers to respond from different angles. I’d respond myself but I don’t have the platform or credentials to make a slash. Plus he just deletes comments from anyone who refute his arguments, including people from his own fanbase. Cheers
I’m not interested in professor Dave. (Or anyone else who categorically deletes comments who disagree.) I don’t debate cowards.
Who cares what that coward fake professor thinks about anything?
Years ago PZ Myers was sort of like professor Dave (except PZ is actually a professor). Would always delete comments by any “troll” and his definition of troll was anybody who seriously disputed what he was saying.
I debated him on a radio / podcast then followed up with a series of blog posts. When he couldn’t counter what I was saying, he backed off real fast.
https://evo2.org/pz-mcclintock/
Same thing with Jerry Coyne: https://evo2.org/jerry-coyne/
They are both bullies, but on a fair playing field they can be beat.
Since then I always insist on fair fights. Have never regretted that.
PZ is exactly like Dave: letting ideology and ego guide their rationale and then throwing a hissy fit when any sort of critique is put forth
Jerry Coyne is now an irrelevant nobody who is still displaying attention seeking behaviour by kicking down the barrel and starting arguments just for the sake of it