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Jason Arday accuser given three-month teaching ban but can continue research (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Cofnas has been accused of promoting pseudoscientific ideas of racial difference in his online writings, and was reportedly among bloggers recommended to the Palantir founder Peter Thiel by a “race science” researcher.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Do they have a blocking mechanism for studies?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    They could not pay them a salary or cancel the contract. But a one year postdoc contract is quite cheap compared to an international dispute, I guess this means pretty much take this money, do whatever you want and don't ever talk to us again.

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