Jacobson asserted that he was defamed in a paper by Clack and 20 co-authors published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences earlier this year. [Jacobson] seeks to censor the Academy for providing a forum for robust scientific debate ... and chill the critical exchange of ideas. — National Academy of SciencesAs we reported recently, Jacobson’s lawsuit has roiled the scientific community because it looks like an effort to move a legitimate scientific debate out of the pages of peer-reviewed journals, where it belongs, and into the courtroom. That’s the point made in the National Academy’s dismissal motion filed this week and a similar motion filed by Clack. He says the Clack paper made factually incorrect assertions about his work, and the academy turned away his demand that the Clack paper not be published or, once published, that it be retracted.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 01, 2017 20:26 UTC