Margie Profet is not your ordinary evoluntionary biologist. For one thing, she has no formal training. For another, controversy has followed her like flies to . . . you know what because of her theories that Darwinian evolution plays a role in allegies, menstruation and morning sickness.
No one seems to know why -- not her family, not her friends, not her colleagues. All they know is that one day Profet was at Harvard University and the next day she wasn't.
The Mysterious Case of the Vanishing Genius http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/201204/the-mysterious-case-the-vanishing-genius By Mike Martin Psychology Today Published on May 01, 2012 - last reviewed on May 04, 2012
Margie Profet: a controversial scientist who went missing http://boingboing.net/2012/05/07/margie-profet-a-controversial.html By Maggie Koerth-Baker Boing Boing May 07, 2012
Margie Profet's Unfinished Symphony - IMPORTANT POSTSCRIPT http://weeklyscientist.blogspot.com Mike Martin's Weekly Scientist May 29, 2012
Missing biologist surfaces, reunites with family http://blogs.nature.com/news/2012/05/missing-biologist-surfaces-reunites-with-family.html Posted by Brendan Maher Nature News Blog May 31, 2012
Missing scientist no longer missing http://boingboing.net/2012/06/01/missing-scientist-no-longer-mi.html By Maggie Koerth-Baker Boing Boing June 01, 2012
followed her like flies to . . . you know what because of her theories that Darwinian evolution plays a role in allegies, menstruation and morning sickness.
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The Mysterious Case of the Vanishing Genius
http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/201204/the-mysterious-case-the-vanishing-genius
By Mike Martin
Psychology Today
Published on May 01, 2012 - last reviewed on May 04, 2012
Margie Profet: a controversial scientist who went missing
http://boingboing.net/2012/05/07/margie-profet-a-controversial.html
By Maggie Koerth-Baker
Boing Boing
May 07, 2012
Margie Profet's Unfinished Symphony - IMPORTANT POSTSCRIPT
http://weeklyscientist.blogspot.com
Mike Martin's Weekly Scientist
May 29, 2012
Missing biologist surfaces, reunites with family
http://blogs.nature.com/news/2012/05/missing-biologist-surfaces-reunites-with-family.html
Posted by Brendan Maher
Nature News Blog
May 31, 2012
Missing scientist no longer missing
http://boingboing.net/2012/06/01/missing-scientist-no-longer-mi.html
By Maggie Koerth-Baker
Boing Boing
June 01, 2012
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