{"id":530,"date":"2008-09-16T20:32:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-16T19:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/epiphenom\/2008\/09\/michael-reiss-resigns-from-royal-society.html"},"modified":"2014-11-14T05:25:39","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T04:25:39","slug":"michael-reiss-resigns-from-royal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/epiphenom\/2008\/09\/michael-reiss-resigns-from-royal.html","title":{"rendered":"Michael Reiss resigns from Royal Society"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Michael Reiss, the Royal Society\u2019s Director of Education who caused a stir recently<\/a> by seeming to promote the teaching of creationism, has resigned today<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Today, the society\u2019s officers decided that he would have to go to protect its reputation, and Professor Reiss agreed to step down.<\/p>\n

It said in a statement: \u201cSome of Professor Michael Reiss\u2019s recent comments, on the issue of creationism in schools, while speaking as the Royal Society\u2019s director of education, were open to misinterpretation. While it was not his intention, this has led to damage to the Society\u2019s reputation. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I guess the bottom line is this: if you are going to speak on a controversial topic behalf of the Royal Society, you had better be pretty darned clear in what you say.<\/p>\n

There certainly has been quite a widespread and active movement among leading scientists to get rid of him. According to the New Scientist<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Nobel prize winner Richard Roberts at the New England Biolabs in Ipswich, Massachusetts, has written a letter to Royal Society president, Martin Rees, supported by fellow Nobel laureates John Sulston and Harry Kroto, demanding \u201cthat Professor Reiss step down, or be asked to step down, as soon as possible\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe gather Professor Reiss is a clergyman, which in itself is very worrisome,\u201d the letter says. \u201cWho on earth thought that he would be an appropriate Director of Education, who could be expected to answer questions about the differences between science and religion in a scientific, reasoned way?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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