[alicebot-aiethics] Academic Ethics
Richard Wallace
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Wed, 22 Aug 2001 18:16:48 -0700
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I can't believe I just got off the phone from yelling at the chairman of =
the Carnegie Mellon computer science department. I was trying to engage =
some professors there in a constructive dialogue about academic reform. =
One of them, David Touretzsy, wrote back and threatened to file a =
complaint with my ISP if I contacted him again. Naturally I had not =
threatened him or said anything offensive. Ironically, Touretzsky =
promotes himself as a social reformer, who posts DeCCS code on his web =
site and attacks the Church of Scientology. God forbid the critical eye =
should be turned on the Church of Science however!
I was mad as hell and called up the chairman to complain about him I =
said "James Morris? This is Dr. Richard S. Wallace calling." He =
muttered something like "Oh no" or "Oh God". I said I was a poor person =
living on disability and Touretzky was a rich professor, and he had to =
right to threaten me like that. Then I told him that I had asked many =
times for my great alumni to help me and received nothing but this kind =
of abuse in return. Then I told him that it was wrong for him to stand =
by while his colleagues at NYU engage in criminal conduct, and do =
nothing. He was basically a jerk and said very little. Actually it =
seemed like he was drunk. He said he would call Touretzky and tell him =
to stop. I concluded by informing him that professors can no longer get =
away with destroying people's lives and careers, because now they can =
use the Internet to tell their story.
Such is the status of real life ethical decision in academia!
Rich
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chairman of the Carnegie Mellon computer science department. I was =
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to engage some professors there in a constructive dialogue about =
academic=20
reform. One of them, David Touretzsy, wrote back and threatened to =
file a=20
complaint with my ISP if I contacted him again. Naturally I had =
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threatened him or said anything offensive. </FONT><FONT =
size=3D4>Ironically,=20
Touretzsky promotes himself as a social reformer, who posts DeCCS code =
on his=20
web site and attacks the Church of Scientology. God forbid the =
critical=20
eye should be turned on the Church of Science however!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D4>I was mad as hell and called up the chairman to =
complain about=20
him I said "James Morris? This is Dr. Richard S. Wallace =
calling." =20
He muttered something like "Oh no" or "Oh God". I said I was a =
poor person=20
living on disability and Touretzky was a rich professor, and he had to =
right to=20
threaten me like that. Then I told him that I had asked many times =
for my=20
great alumni to help me and received nothing but this kind of abuse in=20
return. Then I told him that it was wrong for him to stand by =
while his=20
colleagues at NYU engage in criminal conduct, and do nothing. He =
was=20
basically a jerk and said very little. Actually it seemed like he =
was=20
drunk. He said he would call Touretzky and tell him to stop. =
I=20
concluded by informing him that professors can no longer get away with=20
destroying people's lives and careers, because now they can use the =
Internet to=20
tell their story.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D4>Such is the status of real life ethical decision in=20
academia!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D4>Rich</FONT></DIV>
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