Comments on: Why the PZ Myers Affair is Really, Really Bad?

By: larrynormanfan

larrynormanfan — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:42:22 +0000

Well, both his department and his blog (Pharyngula) identify him as an Associate Professor. “Associate Professor” virtually always means “tenured.”

It’s an easy mistake to make. I’m curious about why you thought he wasn’t tenured. Did someone tell you his tenure review was “upcoming”?

By: DaveScot

DaveScot — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:32:17 +0000

larry and horace

Apparently I’ve been misinformed about Myers tenure. My mistake.

But where are the facts “readily available”?

By: Horace_Worblehat

Horace_Worblehat — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:43:18 +0000

Myers had had tenure since 2003.

Why speculate when the facts are readily available?

By: larrynormanfan

larrynormanfan — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:39:50 +0000

Doesn’t Myers already have tenure?

By: poachy

poachy — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:26:00 +0000

This doesn’t bode well for Myers’ upcoming tenure review. If enough of his peers start viewing him as a liability to science and the University of Minnesota then they’ll give him the bum’s rush just as quick as they did Guilliermo Gonzalez.

Don’t get your hopes up. Myers is a leader in the Darwinist movement to suppress any dissent in academia. My guess is he will get tenure because he will unleash the hounds of war on anyone who stands in his way. He probably has the entire University of Minnesota power structure dancing to whatever tune he calls.

By: PannenbergOmega

PannenbergOmega — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:17:43 +0000

At # 3..

JP you just made my day. Ha.

By: PannenbergOmega

PannenbergOmega — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:11:42 +0000

I was telling my parents about this yesterday, when we went out to eat for Easter Sunday.

They were both shocked, particularly my mother who is involved in biological research.

Obviously, the Darwinists must know that there theory is pure fluff, otherwise why won’t they allow a free and vigorous debate on the subject?

By: johnnyb

johnnyb — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:57:55 +0000

DaveScot -

You mean the DI isn’t already paying Myers a hefty salary?

By: idnet.com.au

idnet.com.au — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:03:21 +0000

dnmlthr

Anger is usually preceded by fear. Most of us hide our fear behind our anger.

By: DaveScot

DaveScot — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 09:58:25 +0000

This doesn’t bode well for Myers’ upcoming tenure review. If enough of his peers start viewing him as a liability to science and the University of Minnesota then they’ll give him the bum’s rush just as quick as they did Guilliermo Gonzalez. And PZ Myers’, unlike Guilliermo Gonzalez, has no impeccable publication record to fall back on in protest so it won’t be difficult or unseeming for the tenure committee to give him a thumbs down.

This is very, very bad for us. If PZ Myers didn’t exist we’d have to invent him. Myers does more to give Darwinists a bad name than any man alive. If he’s denied tenure we might be forced to put together a “Save the Myers” foundation to solicit donations to keep his blog alive.