[Taxacom] [EXT] Re: NZ Royal Society fails to object to suppression and censorship of science

Wed Aug 11 21:05:52 CDT 2021

I agree, nothing really there.

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From: Taxacom <taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu> on behalf of JF Mate via Taxacom <taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu>
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Subject: Re: [Taxacom] [EXT] Re: NZ Royal Society fails to object to suppression and censorship of science

The authors (Water et al 2013) are free to call for rejection of
panbiogeography papers but since its publication panbiogeography papers
have continued to be published. I don't understand what you want the panel
to do, punish the author's? Sure, calling for banning raises an eyebrow but
you can't suppress them. You can argue against them.

J

On Tue., 10 Aug. 2021, 09:17 John Grehan via Taxacom, <
taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu> wrote:

> Mary,
>
> this is not about rejection of a paper. This was about the Society
> establishing a Panel to respond to a complaint that some of their members
> acted in ways contrary to their ethics by calling for suppression and
> censorship of a research program they opposed (that research program being
> panbiogeography). That panel found nothing wrong with their members calling
> for suppression or censorship and the Society leadership did not contest
> that finding and has taken no further action. Thus, I am correct that the
> Royal Society of New Zealand has failed to object to calls by some of its
> members for censorship and suppression of panbiogeography. Thus the Royal
> Society of NZ effectively endorsed that view no matter how anyone may wish
> to parse that.
>
> On Mon, Aug 9, 2021 at 6:46 PM Mary Barkworth via Taxacom <
> taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu> wrote:
>
> > A panel to evaluate a complaint is a far cry from "[endorsing] calls for
> > suppression and censorship as being compatible with the Society's ethics
> > policy. It simply means that if someone wants to complain about rejection
> > of their manuscript or whatever, their complaint will be reviewed by a
> > panel rather than being automatically accepted, dismissed, or referred to
> > the same individual who made the decision that is being appealed.
> > Mary
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Taxacom <taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu> On Behalf Of John
> > Grehan via Taxacom
> > Sent: Monday, August 9, 2021 4:33 PM
> > To: Peter A Rauch <peterar at berkeley.edu>
> > Cc: taxacom <taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu>
> > Subject: [EXT] Re: [Taxacom] NZ Royal Society fails to object to
> > suppression and censorship of science
> >
> > I mentioned earlier that I would provide the R Soc Panel document to
> > anyone who asks (and will send to Peter next). Point is that the Society
> > set up the panel to 'evaluate' a complaint. The Panel denied any conflict
> > with the Society's ethics and recommended no further action. That is the
> > Society conclusion. Thus the Society, through its Panel, has effectively
> > endorsed calls for suppression and censorship as being compatible with
> the
> > Society's ethics policy.
> >
> > John Grehan
> >
> > On Mon, Aug 9, 2021 at 6:18 PM Peter A Rauch <peterar at berkeley.edu>
> wrote:
> >
> > > John pointed to the published paper by Waters et al., Syst. Biol., as
> > > the stimulus for his comments, and states [*emphasis* mine]:
> > >
> > > "... now the Royal Society Te Apārangi (New Zealand) has trashed its
> > > slogan "We support New Zealanders to explore, discover and share
> > > knowledge" *by providing endorsement of suppression and censorship by
> > > their members through a Panel that concluded that there was nothing
> > > wrong for their members to do this*.
> > >
> > > I'm still missing the point he apparently wants to make (about the
> > > RSTA's
> > > Panel) because I don't know (John didn't provide?) what that Panel
> > > actually wrote ("concluded"), nor what the RSTA wrote (to "endorse"
> > > the Panel's "conclusions").
> > >
> > > Peter R
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sun, Aug 8, 2021 at 3:06 PM John Grehan via Taxacom <
> > > taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Some of you may recall that some years ago several researchers
> > >> published a paper in Systematic Biology in which they called for the
> > >> suppression and censorship of a research program they opposed. That
> > >> they felt it was OK for scientists to openly admit to such practices
> > >> is shocking enough, but now the Royal Society Te Apārangi (New
> > >> Zealand) has trashed its slogan "We support New Zealanders to
> > >> explore, discover and share knowledge" by providing endorsement of
> > >> suppression and censorship by their members through a Panel that
> > >> concluded that there was nothing wrong for their members to do this.
> > >> Perhaps others on Taxacome feel the same way,  that it is OK  for
> > >> scientists to actively engage in suppression. To me it is horrifying,
> > >> but perhaps I am in an ethical minority. Boggles the mind.
> > >>
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