tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post8619057526252275243..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Introductory Question For Later DiscussionAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-9536977932993980012008-10-07T13:25:00.000-04:002008-10-07T13:25:00.000-04:00To give some defense of the academy, I just starte...To give some defense of the academy, I just started reading the Bell Curve and in the intro they note that certain ideas were anathemas considered discredited among the general public but were the consensus and respected among academics.TGGPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11017651009634767649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-22245088226659120312008-10-06T20:48:00.000-04:002008-10-06T20:48:00.000-04:00The academy wasn't just randomly selected as a pla...The academy wasn't just randomly selected as a place for free questioning and controversy. It's the place where young people go to be educated, and education, as opposed to indoctrination, works best in an atmosphere which respects free inquiry. <BR/><BR/>There are plenty of places in society where people can question things. We don't need the academy for that; we need that for the academy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-28151290525390581772008-10-06T06:34:00.000-04:002008-10-06T06:34:00.000-04:00> The (or one of them) problem with the academy...> The (or one of them) problem with the academy" is that they've given up the idea/concept of "protecting ideas and the free discussion thereof" in favor of preserving some ideas and protecting them from the free discussion thereof.<BR/><BR/><BR/>"Anthropogenic Global Warming Theory", anyone?OBloodyHellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09992539380115488567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-25960831412458792022008-10-03T11:28:00.000-04:002008-10-03T11:28:00.000-04:00The (or one of them) problem with the academy" is ...The (or one of them) problem with the academy" is that they've given up the idea/concept of "protecting ideas and the free discussion thereof" in favor of preserving some ideas and protecting them from the free discussion thereof.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-75805565636795105152008-10-02T08:44:00.000-04:002008-10-02T08:44:00.000-04:00I don't think the Academy was ever a place for thi...I don't think the Academy was ever a place for this. Luther was a great example as he had to gain the local prince's favor to continue discussion. At one time the Academy favored development of critical thinking, not any more.<BR/><BR/>Ideas were always born in the bars, streets, broadsheets, books of the public domain. We only deferred to the Academy when large figures like Conant at Harvard were on the stageAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-54537230678245877822008-10-02T03:47:00.000-04:002008-10-02T03:47:00.000-04:00Hasn't the Academy then failed? Is it today (or wh...Hasn't the Academy then failed? Is it today (or when was it last) a place where "people can question anything and have controversial ideas?"Donna B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16771075314473811594noreply@blogger.com