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re: Why most academics lean left
Posted on 12/10/18 at 8:23 am to Vacherie Saint
Posted on 12/10/18 at 8:23 am to Vacherie Saint
Just jumping in as a member of academia. There are plenty of us in the hard sciences and engineering that have a great deal of private industry research dollars. We didn't go into academia because we couldn't hack it in the real world, we went into it for the freedom. We're not all SJWs (though I'm embarrassed how many pedagogical trends are trying to bring more of that trash into the classroom), and many of us are even MAGA.
I try to make it very clear in my classes that nature, math, and all of science doesn't give two shits how you feel about anything, it comes down to the binary choice of does it work or not.
I try to make it very clear in my classes that nature, math, and all of science doesn't give two shits how you feel about anything, it comes down to the binary choice of does it work or not.
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Posted on 12/10/18 at 8:30 am to BamaChemE
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I try to make it very clear in my classes that nature, math, and all of science doesn't give two shits how you feel about anything, it comes down to the binary choice of does it work or not.
Then you are one of the good guys.
Does it scare you to see how the Left is now trying to interject identity politics into STEM?
Posted on 12/10/18 at 8:46 am to BamaChemE
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Just jumping in as a member of academia. There are plenty of us in the hard sciences and engineering that have a great deal of private industry research dollars. We didn't go into academia because we couldn't hack it in the real world, we went into it for the freedom. We're not all SJWs (though I'm embarrassed how many pedagogical trends are trying to bring more of that trash into the classroom), and many of us are even MAGA.
I try to make it very clear in my classes that nature, math, and all of science doesn't give two shits how you feel about anything, it comes down to the binary choice of does it work or not.
And this is what I would expect from a university.
Posted on 12/10/18 at 9:09 am to BamaChemE
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I try to make it very clear in my classes that nature, math, and all of science doesn't give two shits how you feel about anything, it comes down to the binary choice of does it work or not.
Awesome.
I teach in the humanities. I tell my students when they choose something to write about - I am not interested in their opinion and that they must cite sources from both sides and be prepared to discuss merits from both sides without inserting their opinion.
To this day, one of the best presentations I have ever had in a class was by a stoner discussing marijuana legalization.
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