Sarah KendrewMay 28, 2023
Carl T. Bergstrom

Remember that nonsense from Pamela Paul in the New York Times about how science must no longer be a meritocracy because PNAS rejected a (very poor) paper titled "In defense of merit in science"?

No? That's ok. It wasn't memorable.

In any case, my letter to editor at the Times about that nonsense was just published.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/27/opinion/letters/science-diversity-equity-inclusion.html?unlocked_article_code=pbg9OxKceqaZrtpOfrp3MZd6Fngb2cs7UHIR7eSkY3IKfSgpa7tqQj9_ie6bdNLtoG4v0tQZhratBmt_f6jJM0DbhCTikM0cmCGydjdLbnfTleGdBUScsO0gc4JbiDmcanMoDK-M7Z1-ig9S6NwiIcnG_b-Y_gvnH_5VefwnVjQSXsf3ZSTWUAS5Q2Jbe2ttiXAyraghGMJ4PPDIFvT1nGJsSK_JlWmZGkSaIQQW-q4lJy4lscfDSozxJVwlBabd86hx7u9Mp5PBie9cYJCO1Qm6qzjsF7ynPQfbHCWPReFB8OR6nszE7QUd-MfI1IYsVCxm3XB4Ldm01uPqleQUNrrBmnPBICs3JW91j-7mwlkHZeNR&smid=url-share

Opinion | Applying D.E.I. to Science

Readers react to Pamela Paul’s argument that some diversity efforts have been misguided.

The New York Times
May 28, 2023 at 4:32amWeb
Show threadhenryMay 28, 2023
@ct_bergstrom “Remember X? No? That's ok. It wasn't memorable.” 😂#SavageDiss
Show threadOlavMay 28, 2023
@ct_bergstrom
Meritocracy is why there are still holdouts thinking dinosaurs turned into lizards, or more frequently they evolved into birds but *looked* like lizards contrary to evidence
Show threadRanaldCloustonMay 28, 2023
@ct_bergstrom amazing it needed to be said, but well said
Show threadOttermarieMay 28, 2023
@ct_bergstrom great letter!
Show threadDeborah ApthorpMay 28, 2023
@ct_bergstrom “I shall write to the Times about it!”
Show threadKathy E. Gill 🇺🇦May 28, 2023

@ct_bergstrom

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You are followed by a rebuttal from a man (per name) in Shoreline. 🤦🏼‍♀️

Show threadEineKleineMay 28, 2023
@ct_bergstrom Happily a note the Times attached to your letter led me to your earlier op-ed. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/19/opinion/pandemic-twitter.html?unlocked_article_code=WMhcOsifAhFQe_GchSb628-56qgBuhbKoTqweiTQVuCuUQDkdrQ7RKnj8MUHJ_LJS-HiWsXrTjV3KKlrq_I4JIdCy0cWP_BNcDZt4ryW2XBjnlu1yy9uJAziFIUmB062fGBqD42XRzMeZxfZ_VI4qKbt1rBdU29UiLwuRUHA0PPQY0q-96WNJsK6bjmMRSVDFb_TXTutqCdAqmOBKhyGo3XuzCgJG-N9G2RU6spEEdPmPjM3TrQi6sKilbIM-imLHpohQv6lkkZ6FyzUaKSUazGXX1Fz6ALdiQ6TJ-4LnLFn7qtKYTw9Sv-XaaFTd3mCrzQMlDeCBzLM2g&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Opinion | Science Twitter Shaped the Pandemic. Are We Better for It?

Reflecting on what worked and what didn’t.

The New York Times
Show threadGLWMay 28, 2023
@ct_bergstrom Thanks. Good letter.
Show threadFrank CoteMay 28, 2023
@ct_bergstrom well said!
Show threadcohomology is FUN!May 29, 2023
@ct_bergstrom great letter. It was very depressing when the NYT published the original op-ed piece, because it’s nobody with even a passing familiarity with academic journals’ practices would write or approve that piece in good faith.
Show threadCarl T. BergstromMay 29, 2023
@cohomologyisFUN Thank you. That was certainly my reaction.