{"id":18478,"date":"2018-03-01T13:49:23","date_gmt":"2018-03-01T18:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/?p=18478"},"modified":"2018-03-01T13:49:23","modified_gmt":"2018-03-01T18:49:23","slug":"the-wife-fights-the-plaintiffs-physics-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/01\/the-wife-fights-the-plaintiffs-physics-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"The wife fights the plaintiffs, physics edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few days ago I wrote &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/23\/stellar-evolution-and-me-too\/\">Stellar evolution in the #MeToo era<\/a>&#8220;. With plaintiff predators circling, it seems that the first cougar to get to what is now the carcass is defending her kill. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NancyMDahlPhD\/with_replies\">NancyDahl&#8217;s Twitter feed<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Let&#8217;s have a mainstream story on a real crime &#8211; such as how easy it is these days for <strong>women to get away with slanderous comments and false allegations<\/strong> manufactured with malicious intent.<\/p>\n<p>There is another whisper network, you call &#8220;undercurrent&#8221;, that is much more legitimate. It is full of cautions for and amongst men who are the routine targets of <strong>delusional feminist aggression and professional victimhood<\/strong> that plagues the skeptic community. Slander is a crime.<\/p>\n<p>We should be skeptical about disreputable sources, lack of evidence, biased reporting, and informed about <strong>the psychology of professional victims<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>1. Those articles you refer to as &#8220;anti-metoo&#8221; could also be called &#8220;pro-rational&#8221;.<br \/>\n2. Since when is a respectful proposition a crime?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I showed this to a friend in the software patent litigation world. His comment: &#8220;It is like different classes of shareholders fighting over liquidation preferences when a company goes south. Maybe the wife should be considered the Series A investor?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>[Update: These two won&#8217;t be hanging out together on campus in the near-term. <a href=\"https:\/\/physicsworld.com\/a\/lawrence-krauss-banned-from-arizona-state-university-campus-following-misconduct-allegations\/\">&#8220;Lawrence Krauss banned from Arizona State University campus following misconduct allegations&#8221;<\/a>, which notes &#8220;ASU stated that the university had not received any complaints from ASU students, faculty or staff about Krauss.&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Related:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sustainability.asu.edu\/person\/nancy-dahl\/\">Nancy Dahl&#8217;s web page<\/a>, with biography<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/people.com\/movies\/harvey-weinsteins-ex-wants-remaining-5-million-in-child-support-in-case-he-goes-broke\/\">&#8220;Harvey Weinstein&#8217;s Ex Wants Remaining $5 Million in Child Support in Case He Goes Broke&#8221;<\/a> (<em>People<\/em>), in which the first plaintiff tries to get her $60 million ahead of the follow-on plaintiffs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few days ago I wrote &#8220;Stellar evolution in the #MeToo era&#8220;. 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