Very good statement clearly outlining the costs of hiring pseudoscientists:
"This is the academic version of “flood the zone with shit”: spread controversial, unsubstantiated claims that others must respond to. That way, they have less time for the important, high-quality research they want to do"
Rebecca Sear
The Department of Philosophy and Moral Sciences issued a statement on the hiring of Nathan Cofnas /43 www.ugent.be/lw/philosoph...
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This text sets out the positions of the Department of Philosophy & Moral Sciences (LW01) at Ghent University on the decision to hire Nathan Cofnas as postdoctoral researcher