Tag: University of Kentucky
New Website Advocates Free Science — An Idea Vital to the Progress of Knowledge
Let’s encourage dissent and embrace an authentically liberal approach to scientific inquiry.
E-mails in Gaskell Case Show That Darwin Skeptics Need Not Apply to the University of Kentucky
So many emails, so little time: the direct evidence of discrimination and intolerance at University of Kentucky in the Martin Gaskell case.
University of Kentucky Pays $100,000+ to Settle Gaskell Discrimination Lawsuit
According to news articles, the University of Kentucky (UK) has settled the discrimination lawsuit filed against it by Martin Gaskell, an astronomer who was denied a job due to his perceived doubts about neo-Darwinian evolution. The case was scheduled to go to trial on February 8th, but today counsel for both sides filed a joint […]
Evidence of Discrimination Against Martin Gaskell Due to His Views on Evolution
In the prior post, we saw that Martin Gaskell’s actual position on origins is probably closest to a theistic evolution position (he accepts common ancestry), with an openness to the possibility of intelligent design (ID). However, because his online notes from a talk expressed skepticism towards biological and chemical evolution, the faculty on a search […]
Astronomer Denied Job at University of Kentucky Due to Perceived Sympathy for “Creationism”
Martin Gaskell is an astronomer who is originally from the United Kingdom. He came to the U.S. in 1975 and later received his M.S. and Ph.D. at the University of California at Santa Cruz. He’s not a creationist. As we’ll see below, he’s generally a theistic evolutionist, who has at times expressed minor criticisms of […]