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OT Why academics are liberals
Why are academics so liberal?
Recent surveys suggesting academics are disproportionately liberal have caused some to conclude that universities discriminate against those holding conservative ideas. They further suggest that people be dismissive of anything emanating from "out of touch academics" because it does not reflect mainstream thought. Why are so many talented and highly educated people, chemists, artists, mathematicians, archeologists, psychologists, physicists, geologists, economists, biologists, and so on, liberals? What is it about getting an advanced degree and dedicating one's life to the study of important scientific and social problems that causes liberal views to emerge? My department hires the best possible teachers and researchers. Politics plays no role whatsoever in our Ph.D. admission or hiring decisions. The vast majority of us are professionals who would never let personal politics interfere with our academic conclusions. These conclusions often align with liberal ideas regarding scientific and social policy issues, and we promote such ideas vigorously because our goal is to make things better for all of us. We care deeply about this community, this state, about this nation and its role in the world. We pursue our academic interests with passion and intellectual integrity. We have families, safety concerns, we care about the values our children acquire. We live in the real world. Please don't be misled into dismissing us summarily as out of touch liberal professors whenever our academic conclusions challenge your beliefs. Listen to all viewpoints with an open mind and a critical ear, and then make up your own mind. |
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wrote in message oups.com... Why are academics so liberal? Recent surveys suggesting academics are disproportionately liberal have caused some to conclude that universities discriminate against those holding conservative ideas. They further suggest that people be dismissive of anything emanating from "out of touch academics" because it does not reflect mainstream thought. Why are so many talented and highly educated people, chemists, artists, mathematicians, archeologists, psychologists, physicists, geologists, economists, biologists, and so on, liberals? What is it about getting an advanced degree and dedicating one's life to the study of important scientific and social problems that causes liberal views to emerge? My department hires the best possible teachers and researchers. Politics plays no role whatsoever in our Ph.D. admission or hiring decisions. The vast majority of us are professionals who would never let personal politics interfere with our academic conclusions. These conclusions often align with liberal ideas regarding scientific and social policy issues, and we promote such ideas vigorously because our goal is to make things better for all of us. We care deeply about this community, this state, about this nation and its role in the world. We pursue our academic interests with passion and intellectual integrity. We have families, safety concerns, we care about the values our children acquire. We live in the real world. Please don't be misled into dismissing us summarily as out of touch liberal professors whenever our academic conclusions challenge your beliefs. Listen to all viewpoints with an open mind and a critical ear, and then make up your own mind. Professors are people afraid to face the real world. They like to be surrounded by job stability and cushy jobs. |
"Dan J.S." wrote in message ... wrote in message oups.com... Why are academics so liberal? Recent surveys suggesting academics are disproportionately liberal have caused some to conclude that universities discriminate against those holding conservative ideas. They further suggest that people be dismissive of anything emanating from "out of touch academics" because it does not reflect mainstream thought. Why are so many talented and highly educated people, chemists, artists, mathematicians, archeologists, psychologists, physicists, geologists, economists, biologists, and so on, liberals? What is it about getting an advanced degree and dedicating one's life to the study of important scientific and social problems that causes liberal views to emerge? My department hires the best possible teachers and researchers. Politics plays no role whatsoever in our Ph.D. admission or hiring decisions. The vast majority of us are professionals who would never let personal politics interfere with our academic conclusions. These conclusions often align with liberal ideas regarding scientific and social policy issues, and we promote such ideas vigorously because our goal is to make things better for all of us. We care deeply about this community, this state, about this nation and its role in the world. We pursue our academic interests with passion and intellectual integrity. We have families, safety concerns, we care about the values our children acquire. We live in the real world. Please don't be misled into dismissing us summarily as out of touch liberal professors whenever our academic conclusions challenge your beliefs. Listen to all viewpoints with an open mind and a critical ear, and then make up your own mind. Professors are people afraid to face the real world. They like to be surrounded by job stability and cushy jobs. The moron that wrote the original piece places the cart before the horse.......it is not "getting an advanced degree and dedicating one's life to the study of important scientific and social problems that causes liberal views to emerge" rather it is the liebral views that cause one to hide in academia where there failed ideas are accepted, unlike the real world where they would be doomed to failure. "Politics plays no role whatsoever in our Ph.D. admission or hiring decisions" but it has everything to do with granting tenure. "We pursue our academic interests with passion and intellectual integrity" .......and expect somebody else to pay for it. and it fits their political agenda "We live in the real world" BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA |
I will post this as Chuck won't:
Now see there? All the guys who are convinced you aren't even the tiniest bit interested in boating have to be at least partially wrong. You are becoming an expert troller. Do you have any original thoughts you'd care to share, or have you been instructed to repost the propaganda? |
wrote in message oups.com... Why are academics so liberal? I will post this as Chuck won't: Now see there? All the guys who are convinced you aren't even the tiniest bit interested in boating have to be at least partially wrong. You are becoming an expert troller. Do you have any original thoughts you'd care to share, or have you been instructed to repost the propaganda? |
"*JimH*" wrote in message ... I will post this as Chuck won't: Now see there? All the guys who are convinced you aren't even the tiniest bit interested in boating have to be at least partially wrong. You are becoming an expert troller. Do you have any original thoughts you'd care to share, or have you been instructed to repost the propaganda? And chuckie called my post propaganda? what a hypocrite |
"Dan J.S." wrote in message
... Professors are people afraid to face the real world. They like to be surrounded by job stability and cushy jobs. OK. When you need surgery, do you want the doctor to tell you he was taught by a professors in college, or that he just sorta picked up the skill while watching his dad clean fish? |
"ObiWan Kenobi" wrote in message ... "Doug Kanter" wrote in : "Dan J.S." wrote in message ... Professors are people afraid to face the real world. They like to be surrounded by job stability and cushy jobs. OK. When you need surgery, do you want the doctor to tell you he was taught by a professors in college, or that he just sorta picked up the skill while watching his dad clean fish? OK. When you need surgery, do you want the doctor whose education consisted only of reading and lectures, or the doctor who interned in a hospital with real live (and real life) patients? True, but the genius I responded to negated the value of half the people YOU just mentioned as being part of a good education. He's also assuming that all professors are simply regurgitating what was taught to them earlier. True for some, but certainly not all. If the genius thinks otherwise, then he either never attended college, or attended a lousy one, or was involved in nothing but sports. |
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