[imardmd1]

Except for Amy Bishop, the Harvard-grad biologist who went postal after being denied tenure.

Yes, it was so wise of the University of Alabama to hire this woman involved in the shotgunning of her brother, pipe-bombing of her Boston Hospital lab supervisor, and guilty of physical assault of a restaurant customer, all in Massachusetts. This was a brilliant decision of the Alabama university system. /s

[grey_whiskers]

In a certain Monty Pythonesque light, it was a brilliant decision by the University of Alabama system.

Recall that one of the oft-cited strengths of the scientific method is the ability, if not the unspoken requirement, to revisit old results to confirm them, providing a kind of institutional "auto-correct" mechanism.

Amy Bishop was eliminated from the faculty during the tenure review process; it is unfortunate and ironic that during the same event, she herself eliminated several other people from the University with a firearm (cf "You're fired").

Cheers!