Outstanding, Noah. I'd be interested in the study for Econ Journal Watch — you could riff at Aporia as well, of course.
I think of the following quote from Edgar Allen Poe:
"The 'thousand profound scholars' may have failed, first, because they were scholars, secondly, because they were profound, and thirdly, because they were a thousand."
This is great. Did you also compile the names of all the signatories? The next step is to examine the demographics of the signatories. I bet Orwell will be proven right (young women).
I saved links to many of the lists. Annoyingly, some of the original files do not allow you to "copy" text. Eyeballing the shorter petitions, I didn't notice an overrepresentation of women.
What is particularly sad for me is that academic petitions are also found in STEM subjects—an area that should be open to dissent.
"In 1931, a large group of German scholars published a book titled A Hundred Authors Against Einstein, criticising the theory of relativity. This was an early example of academics getting together and leveraging sheer numbers to try to discredit a colleague’s work."
Outstanding, Noah. I'd be interested in the study for Econ Journal Watch — you could riff at Aporia as well, of course.
I think of the following quote from Edgar Allen Poe:
"The 'thousand profound scholars' may have failed, first, because they were scholars, secondly, because they were profound, and thirdly, because they were a thousand."
Thanks, Dan. Great quote from Poe!
—NC
This is great. Did you also compile the names of all the signatories? The next step is to examine the demographics of the signatories. I bet Orwell will be proven right (young women).
I saved links to many of the lists. Annoyingly, some of the original files do not allow you to "copy" text. Eyeballing the shorter petitions, I didn't notice an overrepresentation of women.
—NC
Thanks for the tale of Tattletales.
What is particularly sad for me is that academic petitions are also found in STEM subjects—an area that should be open to dissent.
"In 1931, a large group of German scholars published a book titled A Hundred Authors Against Einstein, criticising the theory of relativity. This was an early example of academics getting together and leveraging sheer numbers to try to discredit a colleague’s work."
German, yes, but most likely not German Jews.
Yes, the STEM positions are surprising and disheartening.
—NC