#history #news from 02020: Steven Hsu fired from Michigan State University over accusations of sexism and racism.
> “Each time I discussed intelligence differences between races (whether on my blog or in an interview) I said there was NOT strong evidence in favor of it,” he said, in the email. “But I did defend the right of researchers to investigate the question.” (...)
> A separate petition circulated, gathering nearly 1,500 signatures from academics across the world as of Friday evening, from people supporting Hsu and calling claims of sexism and racism “unequivocally false.”
#history of #Lighthaven and #LessWrong. #toread