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US science academy expels astronomer Geoff Marcy following harassment complaints
- Bostonian 5y ago'She says she was surprised and angry that scientists continued to collaborate with the astronomer, pointing out that manuscripts on the arXiv preprint server still listed Marcy as a co-author. “Where is the justice for women pushed out of the field if people continue to work with him?”' Even if he was guilty of sexual harassment, he may still be doing good science, and I don't think he should be banned from arXiv or that other scientists should be pressured not to work with him.
- webmaven 5y ago> Even if he was guilty of sexual harassment, he may still be doing good science, and I don't think he should be banned from arXiv or that other scientists should be pressured not to work with him. No matter how much 'good science' he's doing, if he's driven women from the field, it's almost certainly a net loss. No one has suggested that he be banned from arXiv (I'm not sure that would be practical, in any case). Pressuring people not to work with him doesn't seem inappropriate to me, though of course that depends on how you define 'pressure'. In any case, the quote is clearly lamenting a dearth of consequences, rather than a wish to forbid anyone from working with him. The number of papers others co-author with him is a metric, not a target.