G'day there HASBEEN...

Yup, I guess many of us oldies from the Conservative 'Right' should be forever grateful, for possessing the wisdom of being on the enlightened side of politics. Rather than floundering about in the detritus, and delusions, that many of our good friends on the 'Left' seem to do?

Well there you are folks.

SR wants our scientists to behave in a " more collegiate manner". So to hell with truth, & honest scientific reporting, it is much more important manner to cover up lies & incompetency. After all, next years grants depend on presenting a solid front. Telling it as it really is has no benefit in the money gathering.

No wonder our community is falling apart, when out so called leaders have only one goal, getting tax payer funds in their pockets.

Disgusting!

Hasbeen,

Collegiality might have worked better for Galileo, it might have saved him from the rack. Everything could still be orbiting around the Earth if it wasn't or him and his pesky questioning.

Hmmmm, the rack: maybe the pseudo-'left' could re-invigorate punishments for 'haters', i.e. people with different points of view, at universities and elsewhere.

Yeah, that might shut them up. Bring back 'collegiality' now ! It's that or the rack !

Joe

Credibility, a pretty hard thing to ever recover once gone.
SteeleRedux,
And even harder to acquire when relying on quotes by others !

Marine physicist Peter Ridd has been victorious
in his case for unfair dismissal against James
Cook University, however people need to note that
his views as a climate sceptic were NOT on trial.

The controversial scientist was sacked by JCU in 2018
after being censured for allegedly breaching the
University's Code of Conduct.

Among JCU's grievances were that Dr Ridd had publicly
criticised the work of colleagues including
telling Sky News in 2017 that "scientific organisations
like the Australian Institute of Marine Science and the
ARC Centre for Coral Reef Studies can no longer be trusted."

Dr Ridd's controversial views also include that poor water
quality and climate change are not significant threats to
the future of the reef.

But Judge Salvatore Vasta ruled in the Federal Circuit Court
of Australia that the University's sacking of Dr Ridd was
unlawful to to a clause in Ridd's Enterprise Bargaining
Agreement. And that JCU had "not understood the
whole concept of intellectual freedom" in respect to
that agreement.

Dr Ridd's supporters were quick to claim a win for academic
freedom and freedom of speech. And before long some were
even equating the court victory to a win for climate change
scepticism.

However Dr Ridd's views on the impact of climate change
on the Great Barrier Reef were NOT on trial in this case.
The judge's decision was confined entirely to Dr Ridd's
industrial rights and the judge made no comment on the
validity (or not) of Dr Ridd's climate views.

It may help some of you to read the following link in
full:

http://abc.net.au/news/science/2019-04-23/peter-ridd-reef-science-climate-change/11026540

Dear Hasbeen,

You spouted;

“Well there you are folks. SR wants our scientists to behave in a " more collegiate manner".”

What on earth are you making up now? All I did was tell you of the approach of the university as detailed in the judgement and you are now saying it was my position?

What drivel.

And this from you is bloody ridiculous;

“No wonder our community is falling apart, when out so called leaders have only one goal, getting tax payer funds in their pockets.”

The buckets of cash being splashed around by our mining magnates directed at climate misinformation, which is then lapped up by the likes of you, blows away any modest monies our university staff get.

Instead our so called 'leaders' are dragging lumps of coal into our parliament to satisfy their donors and your are going after uni staff on well less than half the wage?

Do you ever think you are beating up on the wrong people? You really have swallowed hook, line, sinker, and the whole bloody fisherman haven't you.