Astronomer Targeted by Campus Puritans.
Astronomer Geoff Marcy, who played a key role in discovering exoplanets, has been targeted by colleagues who are more focused on leading terrestrial outrage mobs than finding new discoveries in the heavens. Marcy was investigated by his then-employer, the University of California, for behaviour that was described as sexual harassment. Following the investigation, U.C. Berkeley recommended that Marcy should continue as a full professor, but the online pressure against him became intolerable, and so Marcy eventually chose to leave his position voluntarily. Recently, Marcy's name was included in a paper on exoplanets, but it was withdrawn after a wave of outrage manifested itself on social media.