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| | *Klein, Bruce (August 13, 2004). [http://www.longecity.org/forum/topic/4112-the-father-of-cryonics-robert-c-w-ettinger/ "The Father of cryonics, Robert C. W. Ettinger"]. LongeCity website/Community/Community resources/Creative. Retrieved May 24, 2009.</ref> [[Isaac Asimov]] was a popular American [[science fiction]] writer and a professor of biochemistry at [[Boston University]]. He was also an atheist.<ref>Asimov, Isaac (Spring 1982). "Isaac Asimov on science and the Bible". Interview with Paul Kurtz. ''Free Inquiry'' magazine. Quoted at [http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/219935-i-am-an-atheist-out-and-out-it-took-me "Quote by Isaac Asimov: 'I am an atheist, out and out. It took me a long...'"]. Goodreads website/Isaac Asimov/Quotes/Quotable Quote. Source located by [http://www.adherents.com/people/pa/Isaac_Asimov.html Adherents.com] website.</ref> According to The Cryonics Society, Asimov said of cryonics, "Though no one can quantify the probability of cryonics working, I estimate it is at least 90%..."<ref>[http://www.cryonicssociety.org/aboutcryonics_critics.html "Cryonics and critics"] (2012). The Cryonics Society website.</ref> See: [[Atheism and cryonics]] | | *Klein, Bruce (August 13, 2004). [http://www.longecity.org/forum/topic/4112-the-father-of-cryonics-robert-c-w-ettinger/ "The Father of cryonics, Robert C. W. Ettinger"]. LongeCity website/Community/Community resources/Creative. Retrieved May 24, 2009.</ref> [[Isaac Asimov]] was a popular American [[science fiction]] writer and a professor of biochemistry at [[Boston University]]. He was also an atheist.<ref>Asimov, Isaac (Spring 1982). "Isaac Asimov on science and the Bible". Interview with Paul Kurtz. ''Free Inquiry'' magazine. Quoted at [http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/219935-i-am-an-atheist-out-and-out-it-took-me "Quote by Isaac Asimov: 'I am an atheist, out and out. It took me a long...'"]. Goodreads website/Isaac Asimov/Quotes/Quotable Quote. Source located by [http://www.adherents.com/people/pa/Isaac_Asimov.html Adherents.com] website.</ref> According to The Cryonics Society, Asimov said of cryonics, "Though no one can quantify the probability of cryonics working, I estimate it is at least 90%..."<ref>[http://www.cryonicssociety.org/aboutcryonics_critics.html "Cryonics and critics"] (2012). The Cryonics Society website.</ref> See: [[Atheism and cryonics]] |
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| − | In a [[Zogby]] poll, 58% of [[Americans]] said that the bias of professors is a serious problem, while 39% said it is a "very serious" problem.<ref name="zogby">[http://web.archive.org/web/20070717185049/http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1334 "Zogby poll: Most think political bias among college professors a serious problem"] (July 10, 2007). Zogby International website. Retrieved from July 17, 2007 archive at Internet Archive.</ref> The survey demonstrated further that "an overwhelming majority also believe that job security for college professors leaves them less motivated to do a good job than those professors who do not enjoy a tenured status—65% said they believe non-tenured professors are more motivated to do a good job in the classroom."<ref name="zogby" /> One study in 2008 found that "[[Texas]] university professors overwhelmingly favor [[Democratic]] candidates in their campaign contributions."<ref>Dunham, Richard and Brendel, Patrick (May 5, 2008). [http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/5753471.html "Texas professors give to Democrats over GOP 3-to-1"]. ''Houston Chronicle'' website.</ref> | + | In a [[Zogby]] poll, 58% of [[Americans]] said that the bias of professors is a serious problem, while 39% said it is a "very serious" problem.<ref name="zogby">[http://web.archive.org/web/20070717185049/http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1334 "Zogby poll: Most think political bias among college professors a serious problem"] (July 10, 2007). Zogby International website. Retrieved from July 17, 2007 archive at Internet Archive.</ref> The survey demonstrated further that "an overwhelming majority also believe that job security for college professors leaves them less motivated to do a good job than those professors who do not enjoy a tenured status—65% said they believe non-tenured professors are more motivated to do a good job in the classroom."<ref name="zogby" /> One study in 2008 found that "[[Texas]] university professors overwhelmingly favor [[Democratic]] candidates in their campaign contributions,"<ref>Dunham, Richard and Brendel, Patrick (May 5, 2008). [http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/5753471.html "Texas professors give to Democrats over GOP 3-to-1"]. ''Houston Chronicle'' website.</ref> and a survey in 2018 found that 88% of Harvard professors thought [[Donald Trump]] did a "very poor" job as President.<ref>Williams, Thomas D. (May 3, 2018). [http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/05/03/eighty-eight-percent-harvard-faculty-trump-poor-job-president/ Eighty-Eight Percent of Harvard Faculty Say Trump Has Done a ‘Very Poor’ Job as President]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 3, 2018.</ref> |
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| | Professors rarely engage in wrongdoing while completing research. "About 1,000 potential incidents of fabrication, falsification or plagiarism in scientific research go unreported every year, according to a survey that suggests such misconduct is far more prevalent than suspected....[A]bout 22 percent was by a professor or senior scientist."<ref>Lopatto, Elizabeth (June 18, 2006). [http://bazaarmodel.net/phorum/read.php?1,6187 "Scientific fraud may be more widespread than thought, poll says"]. Bloomberg News. Reprinted at Bazaarmodel.net/Phorum/Archive.</ref> | | Professors rarely engage in wrongdoing while completing research. "About 1,000 potential incidents of fabrication, falsification or plagiarism in scientific research go unreported every year, according to a survey that suggests such misconduct is far more prevalent than suspected....[A]bout 22 percent was by a professor or senior scientist."<ref>Lopatto, Elizabeth (June 18, 2006). [http://bazaarmodel.net/phorum/read.php?1,6187 "Scientific fraud may be more widespread than thought, poll says"]. Bloomberg News. Reprinted at Bazaarmodel.net/Phorum/Archive.</ref> |