[pnako]

Most great scientists initially have fringe views that eventually become undergraduate textbook stuff.

That doesn't mean that everyone with fringe views is a great scientist, of course.

But I don't see why that would disqualify him.

[skosuri]

Disqualify him from being a professor? He’s still a tenured full professor with a nice salary. He’s just no longer in charge of all research at the university.

[pnako]

That's not the point. On this particular sub-thread we're discussing his research. You said he has fringe views. I'm just saying that it does not disqualify his research per se.

Otherwise, I have no background or in fact interest about whether or not Steve Hsu was a good VP of research and innovation. The reason given for why he's being fired for this position has nothing to do with his performance, good or bad, and has everything to do with his research. Since he his tenured, they can't fire him for his research, so they found an other way to punish him. That's low.

[skosuri]

Agreed and of course. He can and should continue his research as a well paid full professor at MSU, which I assume he will. He gets a lot of attention for doing so. Otherwise he’d just be a random really bad quantitative geneticist you’ve never heard of that thinks that no one else but him understands L2 regression.