Et tu, Kalevi?--Science Mafia Hits Again

Snorting, with nostrils flared and smoking, the beast stands its ground: We knew it all the time! We knew it first! No mere journalist is going to set the tone for the Academy! You can't be cited in the official record. TAKE THAT! OUT! And if that's not enough, we will sic our Internet trolls on you. And we will bury you! Indeed, while snobbery, thievery and warping of history by the mainstream media has slowed to a degree because of various legal challenges -- the science mafia, in its attempt to protect turf by cleansing the official record, continues to circle the wagons and pick off the work of freelance journalists as fair game. Sadly, a recent issue of the semiotics journal Sign Systems Studies (University of Tartu Press) is a case in point. It features an article, "What kind of evolutionary biology suits cultural research?" by theoretical biologist Kalevi Kull, one of the journal's editors. It is largely a summation of the recent Royal Society conference in London on "new trends" in evolution that begins with an interesting sketch of evolution science events that Kull sees as pivotal leading up to said London meeting. In the opening pages of his article, Kull decides to cite the July 2008 Altenberg conference as one of those pivotal events, a meeting of scientists called to determine whether or not an extended evolutionary synthesis was needed. I was barred from attending Altenberg for getting out in front of the story. Kull then proceeds to mention branding of ...
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