Got fired for your crackpot ideas, didn't you? And you take that to mean that the whole world is wrong and you're right. Huh? Like I said, the immune system is there for a reason. You sir, are exhibit "A" in the case for strict academic standards.
> > Hi dmb, > > Are you kidding me? How many academic professionals do you know? You > are operating in a dream world, dmb. I don't even feel like setting you > straight. I suppose if you agree with the way academics is going, then you > are part of the problem. Do you think continuing tenure is based on > intellectual qualities? Perhaps you spent too much time in the ivory > tower. Maybe you want to become a professor. Well, if you can't do, then > you teach, so it may be appropriate. Get out now and again, it might do you > good. Please don't insult us with your naivete. It makes this forum > look ridiculous. > > Mark > > On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 2:38 PM, david buchanan <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > John said: > > ...I'm certainly not a fan of any kind of "anything goes" mentality which > > throws open the doors to any nutjob with a holy book and an agenda. ...But > > the wholesale adoption of a values-free worldview, and the almost > > police-state-like imposition of this worldview has crippled true > > intellectual debate and growth oughta be checked somehow. > > > > dmb says: > > Police state-like imposition of a values-free worldview? That doesn't sound > > like a fair criticism of academia. It sounds more like a paranoid conspiracy > > theory. In the real world, I think it would be hard to find an academic > > professional who did not rate academic freedom as one the their most > > cherished ideals. The ability to think independently, critically and > > creatively are the things that earn respect in that that world. To the > > extent that intellectuals get famous or earn a good reputation, it's based > > on intellectual qualities. And what's wrong with that? Why shouldn't we > > value good thinking and good ideas? If there is a better way to do it, > > nobody has thought of it yet. But you can bet your bottom dollar that there > > is a small tribe of scholars working on that question too. > > > > Police state, my ass. Try to find any institution that's more open to new > > ideas or more concerned with intellectual freedom. I honestly can't think of > > one single example. Can you? > > > > > > > > > > > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > > Archives: > > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > > http://moq.org/md/archives.html > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
