Epistemic corruption (7)
NYU may hire biologist pushed out of MIT, Whitehead for sexual misconduct 4/25/22 “Civility Rules.” “A mob feels compelled to stridently ‘cancel’ someone with different thoughts, or to baselessly attack an individual in ways that can be difficult to disprove,” he wrote. “This is tolerated in academia, where nameless accusers can disparage a colleague’s science and life’s work, even when their claims are unfounded.” Grossman declined to comment further. Eric Lander, former science advisor to Joe Biden, became a victim…