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I admit, I was granted tenure and I have far fewer publications that Gonzalez (but many more than Wells and Dembski) and have never even received a major research grant (I have received a few small ones).
Then, I am not at a major research institution, do not claim to be or present myself as a major researcher, have not claimed (implicitly or explicitly) to have overturned a major scientific theory or to have provided material support for a fringe ideology. Nor have I ignored the course catalog description of a class and instead taught my preferred fringe ideology.
Tenure is no guarantee, even if you publish, even if you have grants. As others have pointed out, there is much more to it. While I was in grad school, one of the profs in my dept. was up for tenure. She had dozens of publications, had recently received a big NSF grant, taught several courses, etc., yet was denied tenure. I know a major researcher at Harvard that has never received tenure yet has been there for decades.
For the ID crowd to whine about this is to yet again display their intellectual limitations, their spoiled child attitude, and their condescending hubris.
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