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David Sabatini was anointed a future Nobel Laureate by the university-academic complex. What's astonishing is that when his work was discovered to have silly p

David Sabatini was anointed a future Nobel Laureate by the university-academic complex. What's astonishing is that when his work was discovered to have silly photoshop manipulations, he reacted by calling (on Twitter) the people who caught him "steaming turds". https://forbetterscience.com/2020/01/29/david-sabatini-tormented-by-steaming-turds/ https://forbetterscience.com/2020/01/29/david-sabatini-torme...

ramraj07 3y ago
Guess who’s bankrolling his “uncancellation” with a $25MM fund? Bill Ackman lol.
- throwaway81523 3y ago
  I hadn't heard of Bill Ackman before the Claudine Gay thing, but this is amazing: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/01/bill-ackman-neri-oxman-twitter-posts/677164/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/01/bill-ackma... (https://archive.is/ypLSo https://archive.is/ypLSo)
- lupire 3y ago
  https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/02/12/us/ackman-sabatini-mit-whitehead-institute-sexual-misconduct/index.html https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/02/12/us/a... I'm a bit suspicious of your attempt to impugn Ackman, who is the leading voice in the fight against academic dishonesty... at Harvard... by women... not married to him... who tolerate Palestinians. His focus is oddly specific, if it's still an important contribution to scientific integrity. Yes, this is sarcasm.
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- bmitc 3y ago
  Who is also husband to former MIT Media Lab professor Neri Oxman, a place and people also embattled with dubious research methods and funding sources.
  - ramraj07 3y ago
    Yeah I never understood how she went from finishing a PhD to becoming a professor in MIT in one year..
bmitc 3y ago
He was also fired for violating several sexual harassment and other policies and has fled to Europe for employment. https://www.science.org/content/article/despite-sexual-harassment-shadow-biologist-david-sabatini-lands-job-top-czech-institute https://www.science.org/content/article/despite-sexual-haras...
- Manuel_D 3y ago
  For an alternative perspective: https://www.thefp.com/p/he-was-a-world-renowned-cancer-researcher https://www.thefp.com/p/he-was-a-world-renowned-cancer-resea...
  - bmitc 3y ago
    That's a very long article that beats around the bush whilst simultaneously confirming that he violated the various institutes' policies, which is why he was fired. There is no alternative story presented there other than some background details. These policies exist and require a zero tolerance application because sexual harassment can be done in a very subtle manner, often purposely, that allows the harasser an escape hatch, but the effects are no less impactful. Further, power dynamics will also very quickly catalyze any personal or working relationship. Thus, as a person in power, it is even more important to not have even the appearance of improper relations. I can understand how lawyers can be scum and manipulative, but he was the one who let the relationship start the investigation.
    - Manuel_D 3y ago
      The fact that Knouse had her own lab - she was not a subordinate of Sabatini - and she was the one primarily pursuing the relationship are rarely mentioned. Why is only one party being punished when both are culpable? It'd odd how the passive actor who, as you put it, "let the relationship start" has greater culpability than the one taking the initiative to start the relationship. Evidently the people enforcing these policies don't see women as equals, in their eyes women lack the same degree of responsibility and agency as men. Furthermore, the claims that Sabatini had harassed other women are totally unfounded yet outlets continue to insist that Sabatini was a serial harasser.

ramraj07 3y ago

Guess who’s bankrolling his “uncancellation” with a $25MM fund? Bill Ackman lol.

throwaway81523 3y ago
I hadn't heard of Bill Ackman before the Claudine Gay thing, but this is amazing: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/01/bill-ackman-neri-oxman-twitter-posts/677164/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/01/bill-ackma... (https://archive.is/ypLSo https://archive.is/ypLSo)
lupire 3y ago
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/02/12/us/ackman-sabatini-mit-whitehead-institute-sexual-misconduct/index.html https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/02/12/us/a... I'm a bit suspicious of your attempt to impugn Ackman, who is the leading voice in the fight against academic dishonesty... at Harvard... by women... not married to him... who tolerate Palestinians. His focus is oddly specific, if it's still an important contribution to scientific integrity. Yes, this is sarcasm.
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bmitc 3y ago
Who is also husband to former MIT Media Lab professor Neri Oxman, a place and people also embattled with dubious research methods and funding sources.
- ramraj07 3y ago
  Yeah I never understood how she went from finishing a PhD to becoming a professor in MIT in one year..

bmitc 3y ago

He was also fired for violating several sexual harassment and other policies and has fled to Europe for employment. https://www.science.org/content/article/despite-sexual-harassment-shadow-biologist-david-sabatini-lands-job-top-czech-institute https://www.science.org/content/article/despite-sexual-haras...

Manuel_D 3y ago
For an alternative perspective: https://www.thefp.com/p/he-was-a-world-renowned-cancer-researcher https://www.thefp.com/p/he-was-a-world-renowned-cancer-resea...
- bmitc 3y ago
  That's a very long article that beats around the bush whilst simultaneously confirming that he violated the various institutes' policies, which is why he was fired. There is no alternative story presented there other than some background details. These policies exist and require a zero tolerance application because sexual harassment can be done in a very subtle manner, often purposely, that allows the harasser an escape hatch, but the effects are no less impactful. Further, power dynamics will also very quickly catalyze any personal or working relationship. Thus, as a person in power, it is even more important to not have even the appearance of improper relations. I can understand how lawyers can be scum and manipulative, but he was the one who let the relationship start the investigation.
  - Manuel_D 3y ago
    The fact that Knouse had her own lab - she was not a subordinate of Sabatini - and she was the one primarily pursuing the relationship are rarely mentioned. Why is only one party being punished when both are culpable? It'd odd how the passive actor who, as you put it, "let the relationship start" has greater culpability than the one taking the initiative to start the relationship. Evidently the people enforcing these policies don't see women as equals, in their eyes women lack the same degree of responsibility and agency as men. Furthermore, the claims that Sabatini had harassed other women are totally unfounded yet outlets continue to insist that Sabatini was a serial harasser.