2 things about this fascinate me:<p>1) The knock-on effect of having this cross-published on HN and reddit will somehow make this story reach some form of news-media -&gt; which in turn will influence UC Berkeleys decision, as they will be under the media-spotlight.<p>2) I always thought many STEM professors were useless educators who only taught students as a by-the-way while they chased fame&#x2F;recognition among their peers for academic-success (or status). I guess this rings true for Math departments in many parts of the world.<p>As many others are saying, it would be better for this guy to leave, because if the department was overtly toxic before, the true assholism will shine once the other profs create a siege mentality against this guy for &quot;outing them&quot;.