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Lying about the contents of your talk so you can insult members of a selection comitte that didn’t pick you is not a good way to get a contract renewed, who wou
by SiempreViernes 8y ago
Lying about the contents of your talk so you can insult members of a selection comitte that didn’t pick you is not a good way to get a contract renewed, who would have known?
Strumia must have really let his victory of the 750 GeV iron throne* dictate his sense of entitlement.
*: http://resonaances.blogspot.com/2016/06/game-of-thrones-750-gev-edition.html http://resonaances.blogspot.com/2016/06/game-of-thrones-750-...
- 0815test 8y agoYeah, it's important to be aware of this when thinking about Strumia's case. The guy said a whole lot more than "women are less able at cutting-edge physics than men", and much of what was being said was, if not outright BS, certainly willfully courting controversy in a highly unprofessional way, and not something that even people who are aware of possible gender differences in ability would support. To make a comparison that many people here will understand, Strubia's talk is a lot like what the media misrepresented James Damore as saying, and nothing like what James Damore actually said.
- harias 8y agoYour comment points to an underlying story. It mentions a selection committee that was not referenced in the article. Can you please link me to a source where I can learn more about it.
- SiempreViernes 8y agoOne of his slides shows a ”case study” that compares the citation number of a named female member of the selection comitte (there are of course several more members), the citation number of the named female that got the position, and the citation number of Strumia himself. Underneath this table he wrote ”the opressive ambient started to open”...