Academic Free Speech - Quillette (Page 2)

Academic Activists Send a Published Paper Down the Memory Hole

If a formally refereed and published paper can later be erased from the scientific record and replaced by a completely different article, without any discussion with the author or any announcement in the journal, what will this mean for the future of electronic journals?

Theodore P. Hill

7 Sep 2018 · 14 min read

As a Former Dean of Harvard Medical School, I Question Brown’s Failure to Defend Lisa Littman

Pursuing unorthodox scholarship can lead to frustration and failure, to exciting breakthroughs, or anything in between.

Jeffrey S. Flier

31 Aug 2018 · 8 min read

What Drives Academics Who Oppose Free Speech?

The tyranny of confirmation bias and the fanaticism of its enforcers are not only a disaster for academics themselves.

Jamie Palmer

10 Nov 2015 · 7 min read