Re:CERN suspends physicist after his science-and-gender talk
by orbifold on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @05:02AM
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I think it is unethical to hire someone, if you are both part of a special interest network of any kind. If you compare their citation record on (http://inspirehep.net/author/profile/A.Ceresole.1 and http://inspirehep.net/author/profile/A.Strumia.1), there is really little contest who should be hired though (both work in high energy physics, Ceresole more on theory, Strumia on phenomenology). But yes I agree there are many factors that play into the hiring decision we can't know about. In any case it seems most likely that this was his primary motivation.
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Re:CERN suspends physicist after his science-and-gender talk
by manicdee on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @10:27PM
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One of the points under contention is the lower rate of citation of women in any field. Thus using number of citations is a sexist metric and amounts to little more than dick waving.
Re:CERN suspends physicist after his science-and-gender talk
by kork__ on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @05:10AM
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And Rosa Parks primary motivation was that she was black and denied a seat.
Since when does motivation make someones point invalid?
Re:CERN suspends physicist after his science-and-gender talk
by orbifold on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @06:15AM
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I don’t really care either way. There are quite a few very good female string theorists, who presumably got through the hiring process without any affirmative action. High energy physics is a very competitive field you just can’t afford to hire less than excellent people if you want to stay relevant.