The Academic Freedom Closet with Cory Clark

The Dorx experience a proliferation of Cories as behavioral scientist Cory Clark shares fascinating observations about victimhood strategies, punishment, tribes, norms, taboos, hyper-cautious conformity, the ambition of academics, scrutiny of unpopular papers, self-censorship, socially costly beliefs, tenure, reputational threats, and socially desirable empirical conclusions that turn out not to be true. Nina signals her victim status as a canceled artist while morally judging cowards; Cori (Cohn) notes how errors in academia spread through society; and Cory (Clark) confesses she is a confessor to many a guilty and frightened professor. It turns out everybody wants power and status, even scientists! Maybe your co-hosts are doing it wrong.

Links:

Cory Clark’s website: https://www.coryjclark.com/

Adversarial Collaboration Project: https://web.sas.upenn.edu/adcollabproject/

Cory Clark’s Twitter: https://x.com/ImHardcory

Lisa Selin Davis on the Philly Trans Wellness Conference: https://www.broadview.news/p/fear-and-loathing-and-trans-joy-in

Stereotype Threat: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereotype_threat

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