The Importance of Speaking Your Mind

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Temler: You are going to be a more attractive person in general if you're not watching your words like all the time and worried about who I might offend or what I'm going to do. That is something in general that people appreciate. And then there's just the intrinsic value of not being somebody who constantly strategizing and worried about things politically. But how could the benefit outweigh the cost if you essentially just never get a job? Well, in that case, it wouldn't.

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