Marks talks about another fascinating case of ordinary and scientific dishonesty: Charles Sibney, an ornithologist at Yale, who illegally smuggled eggs of endangered bird species out of Europe, was caught and fined $3,000 on a plea bargain in 1974. His case did not turn into
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scandal in the scientific community, he remained as a distinguished prof at Yale and kept publishing... until he was caught falsifying data, 15 years later, when he was elected to NAS. His colleagues defended him even after he confessed. And Yale never investigated him.
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colonial science: “science carried out with a particular mindset: namely, that some people—because of their political, economic, or social standing, as a result of where they come from—are there to be taken advantage of and not necessarily to be treated as fully equal beings.”
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after reading about him in the book, i looked up Ota Benga’s tragic story. a Congolese pygmy who was purchased from slave traders and displayed in Bronx at a “human zoo”. Not being able to return to Africa, he committed suicide at the age of 32. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ota_Benga?wprov=sfti1 …
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Wow Marks keeps adding more fascinating examples of ethical breaches in the history of science. I had never heard of “The Great Ivy League Nude Posture Photo Scandal” until now. Here’s a piece on it from
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“Only a complete ignorabimus takes all data at face value.” a quote by Marks I enjoy out of context.
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“sometimes being smart can entail shutting up and not exposing the scope of your ignorance, so that your prejudices are not confused with actual knowledge.”—another quote, particularly relevant to scientists doing sci-comm. it’s important to know when/on what topics to shut up.
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Marks on evolutionary psychology: “What the evolutionary psychologists have managed to do is legitimize an intellectual space in which to rationalize differences of gender under the banner of evolution.”pic.twitter.com/s3xOjHxs3f
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finally about to finish the book and marks is still making a lot of sense till the end. here he asks the perfectly sensible question: “does it really matter what kinds of brains women have?”pic.twitter.com/WF4qFhtU3j
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