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>A University investigation cleared two University of Chicago mathematics professors of wrongdoing after they independently criticized a controversial mathemati
by prvc 4y ago
>A University investigation cleared two University of Chicago mathematics professors of wrongdoing after they independently criticized a controversial mathematics paper [...]
I'd like to know the sense of "independently" that the author had in mind here, considering the two are married to one another. Also worth wondering whether the paper was intrinsically "controversial", or merely made to be so by virtue of the complaint(s).
- hulitu 4y ago> I'd like to know the sense of "independently" that the author had in mind here, considering the two are married to one another. Yes, dear.
- feet 4y agoMy assumption is that in this context 'independently' means not in their official duties or roles as people affiliated with the university. So the university investigated them for something they did on their own time