From: marc hauser

From: marc hauser To: Jeevacation <jeevacation®gmail.com> Subject: Re: New Yorker story interview? Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:17:44 +0000 yes, that was sarcasm! -marc On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 2:51 PM, Jeevacation <[email protected]> wrote: > No > Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 31, 2010, at 2:34 PM, marc hauser < wrote: > so tempting!! > ---Sent from M. Hauser's iPhone-- > M. Hauser > Department of Psychology and • Human Evolutionary Biology > Harvard Universit > • Begin forwarded message: > • From: > Date: August 31, 2010 13:40:41 EDT > To: > Subject: New Yorker story interview? > • Dear Dr. Hauser, > • I'm a staff writer at The New Yorker magazine; you and I exchanged emails a > few years back about Dan Everett's work with the Piraha and you were very > helpful. > • I won't be the first journalist to inquire if you're able to give an > interview about this current media frenzy. I see from press reports that > you're not currently speaking with the media. But I would not be doing my > due diligence if I did not invite you to speak to me for a story I'm > preparing for the magazine about the allegations against you. The New Yorker > can do a more thorough, honest and objective job than any other publication, > and that is certainly my intention. > Please let me know if there is any chance that we might speak. You are in > the very unpleasant situation of having been accused of wrongdoing, which > has loosed a tide of second- and third-hand reports of your supposed > "arrogance" or "blindness" or "perfidy" or "fraudulence" from characters > who, a month ago, would have sung your praises. As a journalist, and I hope > a fair minded one, I find the spectacle pretty dismal. No one seems to be > able to explain to me why, if the charges are so clear cut against you, it > took three years for Harvard to do anything (and if I'm not mistaken, it was EFTA00757140 > a professor who forced the investigation into the open), and why it is > reportedly going to take the NIH "years" to do its investigation. > I understand that you have admitted to "mistakes," but I also see from a > letter you wrote to Harvard that you expect to have your position > restored--which suggests to me that you are not owning up to fraud. Anyone > can mistakes. I wonder if we could talk about this? > Yours sincerely. > John Colapinto Marc Hauser, Harvard College Professor Departments of Psychology and Human Evolutionary Biology Harvard University For A ointment: 2. email me with possible days and times and I will confirm EFTA00757141