tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post7620244974818145334..comments2024-03-29T06:30:37.772-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: Around The Blogs: 2013-03-24Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-12042267960899375912013-03-25T08:28:52.884-05:002013-03-25T08:28:52.884-05:00Re: Freedom of Ideas at Universities.
After years...Re: Freedom of Ideas at Universities.<br /><br />After years away, I recently started reading the student newspaper of my alma mater on line - a private liberal arts school that has (had?) a good academic reputation.<br /><br />I was appalled by the bad writing, faulty reasoning, lack of research & scholarship and lock-step thinking displayed by the students in their articles. I have not detected one independent voice yet.<br /><br />There was no evidence of vibrant rebellion or questioning (for the hell of it) of the status quo. No contrary views were expressed. Little to no sense of humor. <br /><br />As a 'window on the university' it was depressing and troubling.<br /><br />I think these kids have been propagandized for so many years in public schools prior to college they just continue as followers and 'good students'. <br /><br />At work, I've gotten to know some bright young new college grads, but to a person it's like they're suffering from Stockholm Syndrome. They've been in the Education Gulag all of their lives, so I guess it's not surprising. Hopefully, in a few years, they'll snap out of it.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-25010251355961316392013-03-24T20:20:26.567-05:002013-03-24T20:20:26.567-05:00And BTW, if you enjoy the late Michael Crichton on...And BTW, if you enjoy the late Michael Crichton on science and coomon sense, you simply must use Google-fu to track down the written copy of his lecture to CalTech "Aliens Cause Global Warming", wherein he uses both pure undisputed fact, common sense, and humor to prove exactly that premise, to the chagrin of the witchdoctors who've hijacked actual science into the service of Sauron.<br />The world without him is indeed a darker and more superstitious place.Aesophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07834464741531503378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-5697119120061712252013-03-24T20:15:13.441-05:002013-03-24T20:15:13.441-05:00Ditto.
Thanks for the link, the notice, and the ki...Ditto.<br />Thanks for the link, the notice, and the kind words.<br /><br />Best Regards,<br />Aesophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07834464741531503378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-61297663496056586702013-03-24T16:28:33.907-05:002013-03-24T16:28:33.907-05:00Thanks for the nice words!Thanks for the nice words!Comrade Misfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.com