Why I have resigned from the Royal Society

The Royal Society is a venerable institution founded in 1660, whose original members included such eminent men as Christopher Wren, Robert H...

@deevybee Your courage is inspiring. I'm old enough to remember the saga of the Director of Education at the RS whose views on creationism were “open to misinterpretation”. The Socety is not great at handling this sort of thing.
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wasn't he persuaded to resign?
@deevybee Indeed he was, but his views were no secret when appointed and it took some doing for them to take notice.