> Paul,
>
> I don't disagree with much of what you say here, but I have a question.
> If colleges and universities are no longer the places in which grouups
> of people interested in knowledge get together to do the work needed to
> acquire it, then (1) is there some other place that now serves that
> function
No I don't think so....but maybe listgroups like these.
or (2) do we (society as whole, not just we relatively
> insiginificant academics) no longer feel much of a need to establish and
> support such an institution?
Yes. I think that is the case, with the exception of institutions
devoted to research in pharmacology and technology potentially applicaable
to weapons, space exploration, or various sortos of industrial applications.
> Pre-emptive disclaimer: I am not talking about the kind of knowledge
> that has immediate and obvious commericial implications, such as
> devloping pharmaceuticals -- that can always find a place to be
> developed -- but the "basic" science and humanistic thought that we
> originally founded universities to advance?
Oops...well, then, I guess my answer is no. Hey, do I sound clinically
depressed by any chance? ;-)
Regards,
Paul Okami
Dept. of Psychology
West Chester Univesrsity
West Chester, PA
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