The Cost of Opening Your Mouth About Diversity

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Joelle Tamler says she would not advise a junior person to take any sort of heterodox position on this publicly. "You only need to piss off a few people, right? Like, it just takes one or two to thank you," she writes. She adds that there's an asymmetry particularly in hiring such that somebody's negative opinion weighs much more heavily than someone's positive opinion.

A VBW exclusive report! For years David and Tamler have been a little dismissive of fears about cancel culture in academia but now the SJWs have come for one of our own! We welcome back Yoel Inbar to talk about his experience applying for a position at UCLA psychology only to have his candidacy pulled at the last minute because of remarks he made on his podcast (!) about diversity statements. What does this mean for freedom of expression in academia? Should we advise our students and younger faculty to watch what they say when it comes to politically charged topics? Are they really going to start combing through podcast episodes now – is nothing sacred?

Plus another case of fraud in psychology comes to light courtesy of the Data Colada guys.

Data Colada post about Gino fraud