re: Why most academics lean left

I know a few guys who went to Berklee School of Music who can listen to a song and write out every part, every note, perfectly after 1-2 listens. To hear them attempt to play it is brutal.

I also know guys on Bourbon who couldn't write out the music they listen to if their life depended on it, but could play it perfectly after 1-2 listens.

This is academia vs real life in a nutshell. I always remember the scene in Back to School when Thorton Mellon tells the class how the real world operates and the professor being pissed. It's absolutely spot on.

Intangibles don't exist in academia, and thats not reality.