"Sure enough, this strategy was employed when I was chosen to give the Carlson Lecture at MIT — a major honor in my field. It is an annual public talk given to a large audience and my topic was “climate and the potential for life on other planets.” On September 22, a new Twitter mob, composed of a group of MIT students, postdocs, and recent alumni, demanded that I be uninvited."
"It worked. And quickly."
"On September 30 the department chair at MIT called to tell me that they would be cancelling the Carlson lecture this year in order to avoid controversy."
Shame on MIT, and I say this as a graduate of MIT.
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“Sure enough, this strategy was employed when I was chosen to give the Carlson Lecture at MIT — a major honor in my field. It is an annual public talk given to a large audience and my topic was “climate and the potential for life on other planets.” On September 22, a new Twitter mob, composed of a group of MIT students, postdocs, and recent alumni, demanded that I be uninvited.”
“It worked. And quickly.”
“On September 30 the department chair at MIT called to tell me that they would be cancelling the Carlson lecture this year in order to avoid controversy.”
Shame on MIT, and I say this as a graduate of MIT.”
Thank you for your comment. Can you explain what climate, I am assuming the climate on the earth, has to do with potential life on other planets. Or is he speaking on the climates of other planets? None of which we know are conducive of life as we know it to be.