Yet another religious cult raided

[Bun-Bun]

Ok, another one. Richard Stemberg's home page lists his own accord and explanations of his persecution.

I find it ironic too, since the history of the Church is rife with the persecution of Scientists, including it's own priests who found evidence in conflict with church dogma. Now, we have the reverse.

Another oft-debunked example.

http://www.scienceblogs.com/dispatches/200...he_sternber.php

I particularly like Mike Dunford's comment on the matter:

"As punishment for this heinous crime, Sternberg suffered the indignity of not getting fired from the unpaid editorship that he had quit months before the paper actually appeared. His punishment further included the cruel and unusual steps of not dismissing him from his unpaid position as a Smithsonian Research Associate, not declining to renew the unpaid position when the term expired, and not firing him from his paid job at NIH. The draconian nature of the consequences that he ultimately suffered - some of his colleagues said bad things about him - obviously makes him the ideal example of an open-thinking scientist railroaded by the Darwinian Inquisition. "

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