{"id":1199996,"date":"2022-01-08T14:34:56","date_gmt":"2022-01-08T19:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1199996"},"modified":"2022-01-08T14:35:05","modified_gmt":"2022-01-08T19:35:05","slug":"stem-majors-relying-on-diversity-rather-than-talent-hurts-ability-to-produce-best-science-scientists-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stem-majors-relying-on-diversity-rather-than-talent-hurts-ability-to-produce-best-science-scientists-say\/","title":{"rendered":"STEM Majors Relying On Diversity, Rather Than Talent, Hurts Ability \u2018To Produce Best Science,\u2019 Scientists Say"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstem-majors-relying-on-diversity-rather-than-talent-hurts-ability-to-produce-best-science-scientists-say%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1199996&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>University programs focusing on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) used to promote the best candidate regardless of their background, but years of activist efforts appear to have changed than, making race more important than talent.<\/p>\n<p>The College Fix <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/dei-takeover-of-stem-hinders-ability-to-produce-the-best-science-say-scientists\/\">reported<\/a> that the efforts have led scientists to suggest that the ability \u201cto produce the best science\u201d is being damaged.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of my friends and professors in science were saying, \u2018Oh the people in sociology are trying to study us and judge us and tell us how to do better and be better people,\u2019 and we were laughing at that seeing how silly that was because we\u2019re the rational ones,\u201d said McGill University chemistry professor Patanjali Kambhampati, referring to the 1980s and 1990s, when diversity first took hold in academia.<\/p>\n<p>Kambhampati, The Daily Wire previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/professor-of-color-says-he-was-denied-funding-for-insufficient-dedication-to-diversity-equity-inclusion\">reported<\/a>, told the Fix he has raised nearly $7 million from the Canadian government and from elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut everything seemed to change about a year or two ago,\u201d Kambhampati told the Fix. \u201cIn the last two years the federal grants have begun to ask for equity, diversity and inclusion statements.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInitially, they started asking us to state our EDI position, which is a new thing,\u201d Kambhampati said. \u201cThe newer thing happened in the last one year where the federal agencies said we\u2019re going to look at your EDI statements first and foremost. That will be the gatekeeper.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another scientist who has been punished for speaking out against prioritizing anything other than scientific ability is University of Chicago professor Dorian Abbot, who teaches in the school\u2019s Department of Geophysical Sciences. Abbot told the Fix that \u201c20 years ago the emphasis was on reducing biases and identifying the most promising candidates from a scientific perspective regardless of their background, which I strongly support.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Today, however, Abbot says the diversity requirement is \u201cfocused on trying to hit quotas for group membership, discriminating against members of undesirable groups, and suppressing the speech of those who disagree with any aspect of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe effect,\u201d he said, \u201chas been that we are hindering our ability to produce the best science by (1) selecting young scientists partially using criteria other than scientific merit and potential and (2) promoting a climate of fear and repression, which damages creativity and drives excellent young scientists out of the field.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An example of the pervasiveness of diversity over science is Stanford University\u2019s Department of Computer Science releasing a statement on the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict in December. The statement included an anti-racism toolkit that looked like a reading list for a racial studies course, the Fix reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe condemn the violence, trauma, and suffering that the Black community has both historically and contemporarily endured,\u201d the statement said. \u201cThe pervasiveness of anti-Black racism reaffirms our department\u2019s mission to create an equitable, diverse, and inclusive community that centers, affirms, and uplifts everyone and prioritizes an enduring sense of belonging and community for all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It should be noted that Rittenhouse shot three white people in self-defense, and was acquitted accordingly.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>University programs focusing on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) used to promote the best candidate regardless of their background, but years of activist efforts appear to have changed than, making race more important than talent. 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