OK, I read in the comments on my last post about Jason Arday that you were thankful I didn't use his photo again, so I'll come up with something different for this one. If you're not familiar with Arday's story, here's a quick recap: he was celebrated as Cambridge University's youngest full professor. He killed himself last month — no, he was murdered by the racist right-wing media — after another professor found that Arday had plagiarized most of his doctoral thesis. He'd also fabricated a fantastic story about himself: As Townhall's Amy Curtis wrote, Arday said he ran 30 marathons in 35 days, that he didn't learn to read or write until he was 18 due to autism, and that he had to relearn his dissertation following brain surgery. As I wrote in another VIP post, it wasn't racism that killed him — it was DEI clowns like the woman who hired him:
Hilary Cremin was Jason Arday's boss at Cambridge. She was so excited to hire him that she invited in the BBC to cover his first day at work, where she told him, "We are so lucky to have you. You are the best in the world."
— Jared Taylor (@RealJarTaylor) August 18, 2026
Has this woman learned anything ?! pic.twitter.com/MeJKFchDvG
She invited the BBC to cover his first day of work? He also completed a (mostly fictional) memoir before his suicide. The guy was a superstar whose whole life was a lie.
The reason I bring it up again is that the alleged science journal Nature has published an editorial claiming that Arday's death "must prompt deep reflection." This is the same journal that found that assigning gender to one according to the genitals they are born with "has no foundation in science." It argued that research on differences between the sexes was "rife with bias." It also broke with tradition and endorsed Joe Biden for president in 2020. Science, right?
Nature, "as part of our commitment to foster diversity and inclusion," advertised that it was looking for a black intern. That commitment to DEI is apparent in its editorial.
Editorial: The death of Jason Arday must prompt deep reflectionhttps://t.co/9jkorHVvIB
— nature (@Nature) September 2, 2026
Nature is no longer worthy of respect
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 3, 2026
Nature even earned a Community Note.
Readers added context to the link: go.nature.com/4xu6cnq
Arday was an academic fraud whose life story was fake. Editorial falsely treats former as unproven allegation, omits mention of latter, defames those who covered the scandal as racist. Calls him "autistic Black scholar" despite no proven autism diagnosis.
Nature's editor wrote:
Arday’s fate is distressing, and especially so for Black scholars and those from other communities that are under-represented in academic research, many members of which report feeling vulnerable and unsupported at this time. There is systemic racism in academia. It is an unwelcoming place for many who enter it through hardship and struggle, as Arday’s story illustrates. It is not acceptable that these barriers persist. On top of this, scholars from Black and other under-represented communities fear that the intensity of attention Arday faced could one day be focused on them. The question many are asking is: ‘Could I be next?’
In February 2023, when the University of Cambridge appointed Arday, it issued a statement that included a description of him as the youngest Black professor in its history, news that became a global media event. In his memoir, Great and Unfortunate Things, published last week, Arday wrote: “I was thrust into the public eye in a way that someone can’t really prepare for or predict. If I’m being honest, it’s something I’m still getting used to.” He also began to report incidents of racism and hate speech directed at him after his arrival at Cambridge.
Fake, fake, fake. He also sicced the police on a journalist who was investigating him, claiming racism.
I am "deeply reflecting" on what the hell happened to Nature.
— i/o (@avidseries) September 3, 2026
This publication should be shut down. It is not fit for purpose and its editorial team deems it appropriate to spread disinformation for left-wing political ends.
— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) September 3, 2026
The wokelets currently running @Nature have burned through 160 years of credibility and prestige with this one witless editorial.
— Geoffrey Miller (@gmiller) September 3, 2026
Great work, pseudoscientific wokelets. You've nuked your reputation.
They don’t even know what science is. What a complete disaster of a publication. This is woke slop pic.twitter.com/WqpycBs55f
— Demosthenes (@demosthenesDC) September 3, 2026
this is really, really, really, really bad. it's bad that there are no longer institutions that we can trust to at least try, a little, to stay above the fray. it's doubly bad when they are the most prestigious truthseeking institutions in the world. i want a different timeline https://t.co/cmSUeiR9D6
— Jesse Singal (@jessesingal) September 2, 2026
Yes. It should prompt deep reflection among the people who elevated a fabulist who didn't deserve to work at Cambridge University. https://t.co/Ho3uWx2CLj
— Amy Curtis (@RantyAmyCurtis) September 2, 2026
The premise is that academia and media can only investigate plagiarism if it doesn’t harm the plagiarist?
— janitor in a suit (@SuitJanitor) September 3, 2026
Exposing a charlatan is a net good. His reaction to the consequences is not others harming him.
Nature’s editors don’t care that Arday lied or plagiarized. Guess why.
Nature has burned its credibility as a scientific journal so many times. Scientific American is just as bad. It reminds me of Hillary Clinton dressed in white giving her acceptance speech, pausing dramatically, and saying, "I believe in science." What the hell does that mean? I believe in the scientific method. I don't believe someone because they're wearing a white lab coat. And we can't believe university faculty because of the DEI practices that elevated Arday to a person "who inspired a generation."
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