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rjsquirrel

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3. Also hate the conceit that

Reply to Chiquitita (Reply #2)

Sun Jul 24, 2016, 08:59 AM

Jul 2016

academics don't live in the "real world."

As a biologist working on mass extinctions and climate change I beg to differ. My world is more "real" than anyone glued to reality TV knows. And it's sick and dying, while in your "real world" people are obsessed with whether Taylor Swift dissed the Kardashians.

Kneejerk anti-intellectualism is a right wing thing.

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Nice try, Professor! [View all] Fritz Walter Jul 2016 OP

Whut? rjsquirrel Jul 2016 #1

I see your point Chiquitita Jul 2016 #2

Also hate the conceit that rjsquirrel Jul 2016 #3

Anti-intellectualism? Fritz Walter Jul 2016 #6

It's been a while since I sat in a classroom Fritz Walter Jul 2016 #5

Oops Chiquitita Jul 2016 #7

There are no journalists on TV anymore (and hardly any on the internet or newspapers). lapfog_1 Jul 2016 #4