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** How so? If he was "hung out to dry", why did he resign voluntarily? | ** How so? If he was "hung out to dry", why did he resign voluntarily? | ||
==Timeline== | ==Timeline== | ||
| − | The affair seems to have started with this Tweet on June 8: https://twitter.com/connie_stlouis/status/607813783075954688 | + | The affair seems to have started with this Tweet by Connie St. Louis on June 8: https://twitter.com/connie_stlouis/status/607813783075954688 |
===June 9=== | ===June 9=== | ||
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The position was unpaid and did not offer any special privileges; he wasn't doing research there or anything. It was purely for PR. When he dramatically failed at maintaining UCL's positive reputation, it was time to end the relationship. | The position was unpaid and did not offer any special privileges; he wasn't doing research there or anything. It was purely for PR. When he dramatically failed at maintaining UCL's positive reputation, it was time to end the relationship. | ||
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| + | * http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/06/11/1392298/-British-Nobel-Laureate-resigns-after-being-exposed-as-a-chauvinist-oaf | ||
===June 11=== | ===June 11=== | ||
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==Links== | ==Links== | ||
===to file=== | ===to file=== | ||
| − | * http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2015/06/14/the-nobel-is-not-a-get-out-of-jail-free-card/ | + | * '''2015-06-14''' http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2015/06/14/the-nobel-is-not-a-get-out-of-jail-free-card/ |
| − | * http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2015/06/15/liberal-academia-gets-to-tell-brendan-oneill-that-hes-full-of-shit/ | + | * '''2015-06-15''' http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2015/06/15/liberal-academia-gets-to-tell-brendan-oneill-that-hes-full-of-shit/ |
| − | * http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2015/06/17/thats-a-slightly-better-apology/ | + | * '''2015-06-17''' http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2015/06/17/thats-a-slightly-better-apology/ |
| − | * http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2015/06/19/a-question-for-richard-dawkins/ | + | * '''2015-06-19''' http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2015/06/19/a-question-for-richard-dawkins/ |
| − | * http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2015/06/20/i-thought-they-didnt-like-hyperbole/ | + | * '''2015-06-20''' http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2015/06/20/i-thought-they-didnt-like-hyperbole/ |
| − | * http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2015/06/23/that-poor-wee-man/ | + | * '''2015-06-21''' http://freethoughtblogs.com/butterfliesandwheels/2015/06/utterly-ruined-by-sexist-speaker/ |
| − | * http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2015/06/29/what-does-the-chair-of-the-diversity-committee-at-the-royal-society-have-to-say-about-tim-hunt/ | + | * '''2015-06-23''' http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2015/06/23/that-poor-wee-man/ |
| − | * http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2015/06/30/skeptics/ | + | * '''2015-06-29''' http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2015/06/29/what-does-the-chair-of-the-diversity-committee-at-the-royal-society-have-to-say-about-tim-hunt/ |
| + | * '''2015-06-30''' http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2015/06/30/skeptics/ | ||
* '''2015-07-02''' [http://unfashionista.com/2015/07/02/the-royal-societys-diversity-committee-pre-judged-timhunt-now-ucl-should-give-him-due-process/ The Royal Society’s ‘Diversity Committee’ Pre-Judged #TimHunt. Now UCL Should Give Him Due Process]: compares Hunt's position with that of someone who is working for an income that they need. Not at all the same thing. | * '''2015-07-02''' [http://unfashionista.com/2015/07/02/the-royal-societys-diversity-committee-pre-judged-timhunt-now-ucl-should-give-him-due-process/ The Royal Society’s ‘Diversity Committee’ Pre-Judged #TimHunt. Now UCL Should Give Him Due Process]: compares Hunt's position with that of someone who is working for an income that they need. Not at all the same thing. | ||
| − | * http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2015/07/09/are-we-done-with-tim-hunt-now/ | + | * '''2015-07-09''' http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2015/07/09/are-we-done-with-tim-hunt-now/ |
| − | * http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2015/07/10/welp-i-guess-well-never-be-done-with-tim-hunt/ | + | * '''2015-07-10''' http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2015/07/10/welp-i-guess-well-never-be-done-with-tim-hunt/ |
| − | * http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2015/07/11/i-have-no-illusions-that-this-will-end-the-nonsense-either/ | + | * '''2015-07-11''' http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2015/07/11/i-have-no-illusions-that-this-will-end-the-nonsense-either/ |
* '''2015-07-18''' [http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/public/article4501473.ece The tape that shows Sir Tim was wronged]: a recording of the speech in which the fateful statements were made, and this somehow proves Hunt was right. But the original accusations against him did not make any of the claims which the tape supposedly addresses. | * '''2015-07-18''' [http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/public/article4501473.ece The tape that shows Sir Tim was wronged]: a recording of the speech in which the fateful statements were made, and this somehow proves Hunt was right. But the original accusations against him did not make any of the claims which the tape supposedly addresses. | ||
* '''2015-07-21''' [http://unfashionista.com/2015/07/21/the-silence-of-the-shams-wcsj2015-falsely-reported-sir-tim-hunt/ The Silence of the Shams: #WCSJ2015 Falsely Reported Sir Tim Hunt] - quotes Connie St. Louis as saying "After he’d finished, there was this deathly, deathly silence. Very clearly, nobody was laughing – everybody was stony-faced.", but there's no link. ''Where did she say that?'' | * '''2015-07-21''' [http://unfashionista.com/2015/07/21/the-silence-of-the-shams-wcsj2015-falsely-reported-sir-tim-hunt/ The Silence of the Shams: #WCSJ2015 Falsely Reported Sir Tim Hunt] - quotes Connie St. Louis as saying "After he’d finished, there was this deathly, deathly silence. Very clearly, nobody was laughing – everybody was stony-faced.", but there's no link. ''Where did she say that?'' | ||
Revision as of 21:34, 23 July 2015
Claims
- There was a "witch hunt" against Tim Hunt. "Sir Andre Geim, of the University of Manchester who shared the Nobel prize for physics in 2010 said that Sir Tim had been 'crucified' by ideological fanatics , and castigated UCL for 'ousting' him."[1]
- How so? If he was "hung out to dry", why did he resign voluntarily?
Timeline
The affair seems to have started with this Tweet by Connie St. Louis on June 8: https://twitter.com/connie_stlouis/status/607813783075954688
June 9
A Daily Beast article describes Hunt's original remarks, explains why they're a problem, and goes on to paint a broader picture of sexism in science : http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/06/09/nobel-prize-winning-biologist-calls-women-love-hungry-cry-babies.html
That article was discussed in a blog post by PZ Myers on Pharyngula: http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2015/06/09/being-a-good-scientist-doesnt-make-one-a-good-person/ "All I can say is... fuck off, dinosaur. We’re better off without you in any position of authority."
The Royal Society (of which Hunt is a member, but not an employee as far as I can tell) then "acted to distance itself" from Hunt's remarks: http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2015/06/10/mediocre/ -- the Royal Society is hardly a bastion of inclusiveness (355 years old and never once had a female president), so I can't see this as a knee-jerk reaction.
June 10
Hunt resigns from his honorary position at UCL (University College London): http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0615/100615-tim-hunt
The position was unpaid and did not offer any special privileges; he wasn't doing research there or anything. It was purely for PR. When he dramatically failed at maintaining UCL's positive reputation, it was time to end the relationship.
June 11
PZ Myers reacts approvingly: http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2015/06/11/removing-sexism-strengthens-academia/
...but the matter didn't end there.
Links
to file
- 2015-06-14 http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2015/06/14/the-nobel-is-not-a-get-out-of-jail-free-card/
- 2015-06-15 http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2015/06/15/liberal-academia-gets-to-tell-brendan-oneill-that-hes-full-of-shit/
- 2015-06-17 http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2015/06/17/thats-a-slightly-better-apology/
- 2015-06-19 http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2015/06/19/a-question-for-richard-dawkins/
- 2015-06-20 http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2015/06/20/i-thought-they-didnt-like-hyperbole/
- 2015-06-21 http://freethoughtblogs.com/butterfliesandwheels/2015/06/utterly-ruined-by-sexist-speaker/
- 2015-06-23 http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2015/06/23/that-poor-wee-man/
- 2015-06-29 http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2015/06/29/what-does-the-chair-of-the-diversity-committee-at-the-royal-society-have-to-say-about-tim-hunt/
- 2015-06-30 http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2015/06/30/skeptics/
- 2015-07-02 The Royal Society’s ‘Diversity Committee’ Pre-Judged #TimHunt. Now UCL Should Give Him Due Process: compares Hunt's position with that of someone who is working for an income that they need. Not at all the same thing.
- 2015-07-09 http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2015/07/09/are-we-done-with-tim-hunt-now/
- 2015-07-10 http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2015/07/10/welp-i-guess-well-never-be-done-with-tim-hunt/
- 2015-07-11 http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2015/07/11/i-have-no-illusions-that-this-will-end-the-nonsense-either/
- 2015-07-18 The tape that shows Sir Tim was wronged: a recording of the speech in which the fateful statements were made, and this somehow proves Hunt was right. But the original accusations against him did not make any of the claims which the tape supposedly addresses.
- 2015-07-21 The Silence of the Shams: #WCSJ2015 Falsely Reported Sir Tim Hunt - quotes Connie St. Louis as saying "After he’d finished, there was this deathly, deathly silence. Very clearly, nobody was laughing – everybody was stony-faced.", but there's no link. Where did she say that?
Footnotes
- ↑ 2015-06-20 Nobel prizewinners defend Sir Tim Hunt amid 'sexism' row (via FtB)