Peter Gleick on Nostr: My statement in the Times (of London) Higher Education: ...
My statement in the Times (of London) Higher Education:
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/trumps-anti-dei-research-witch-hunt-absurd-and-immoral
"First and foremost, any governmental effort to silence, censor, distort, or otherwise influence science in support of a particular ideology is repugnant to the very idea of science, and it should be opposed by every possible voice, including those of scientists, scientific institutions, and academia. That opposition can take many forms: speaking out, refusing to obey illegal or immoral requests from political interests, using tools of social media, working with appropriate laws and legislatures, using the court system to fight illegal acts, and more, up to an including public protests.
However, not all scientists or academics are in a position that permits them to do these things. Sometimes there are constraints and concerns about funding, or employment, or retribution. As a result, there is no single answer or recommendation I can make: each of us has to decide what "red lines" cannot be crossed without action, what actions we, as individuals, are willing and able to take, and what risks we're willing to face or endure when taking them.
My only hope is that enough action can be taken by those people and institutions able to act to slow, stop, and eventually reverse the growing assault on science, data, information, truth, and expertise that has recently been launched in the United States."
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/trumps-anti-dei-research-witch-hunt-absurd-and-immoral
"First and foremost, any governmental effort to silence, censor, distort, or otherwise influence science in support of a particular ideology is repugnant to the very idea of science, and it should be opposed by every possible voice, including those of scientists, scientific institutions, and academia. That opposition can take many forms: speaking out, refusing to obey illegal or immoral requests from political interests, using tools of social media, working with appropriate laws and legislatures, using the court system to fight illegal acts, and more, up to an including public protests.
However, not all scientists or academics are in a position that permits them to do these things. Sometimes there are constraints and concerns about funding, or employment, or retribution. As a result, there is no single answer or recommendation I can make: each of us has to decide what "red lines" cannot be crossed without action, what actions we, as individuals, are willing and able to take, and what risks we're willing to face or endure when taking them.
My only hope is that enough action can be taken by those people and institutions able to act to slow, stop, and eventually reverse the growing assault on science, data, information, truth, and expertise that has recently been launched in the United States."