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2005-04-07 Home Front: Politix

Columbia Students and Faculty Both Half-Educated

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Posted by Bobby 2005-04-07 1:18:15 AM|| || Front Page|| [14 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 There's an excellent term for people like this in Russian language:
образовщина

Obrazovschina is a group of people that, although educated, for one reason or another (usually because of being dogmatic or indoctrinated in some way) couldn't become intelligentsia.

Posted by Ebbavith Ebbereting9742 2005-04-07 8:59:30 AM|| 2005-04-07 8:59:30 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 # 1 that is what the problem is- or some people are so smart that they are stupid! Mr. Churchill needs a job, maybe they will hire him- LOL

Andrea Jackson

Posted by not smart enough 2005-04-07 7:36:47 PM|| 2005-04-07 7:36:47 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Andrea, erudition in one specialized topic can be hardly considered smarts. I would surmise that our age is the era of specialized idiots. Well, at least that is what seems to be the current edumacayshun system producing. Almost as if on purpose--the elites can manipulate virtual idiots easier than smart people.

People like Ward Ch. are just opportunists that use the system--find your schtick that is in compliance with LLL paradigm and you future is almost secured within the sheltered edu environment. That is, unless your lunacy is very obvious and you fake and plagiarize almost verbatim without shame. Then you may have a problem one day to weasel out of the self made cow pie.

Posted by Sobiesky 2005-04-07 8:33:28 PM|| 2005-04-07 8:33:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Sobiesky is right, and almost unnoticed is the development of internet based amateur scientists. Recently a number of open source science projects have started. I'm not predicting the end of ivory tower academic science, but it will be a useful counterweight.

Posted by phil_b 2005-04-07 8:46:24 PM|| 2005-04-07 8:46:24 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Most of these shit puppets could benifit from firing. Nothing wakes a fool up more certainly than the loss of their income. Tenure can be overcome if an Administration has the will to over come it. The object should be to force that will upon these administrators.

Posted by Sock Puppet 0â Doom 2005-04-07 9:21:26 PM|| [http://www.slhess.com] 2005-04-07 9:21:26 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Trouble is the rot goes all the way to the top. The only way American academia will be cleaned up is through the action of outsiders - either politicians in the case of public universities, or alumni and prospective students in the case of private schools.

Posted by DMFD 2005-04-07 10:49:12 PM|| 2005-04-07 10:49:12 PM|| Front Page Top

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