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2024-03-03 -Obits-

How did it happen that professors became dumber than truck drivers?

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Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-03-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ] Top

#1 IMO professors became dumber than truck drivers when they started paying professors real money - attracting people for whom research and schoolarship is NOT a vocation.

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-03-03 00:53|| 2024-03-03 00:53|| Front Page Top

#2 When they stopped the old system of shifting out the less competent through hard academic rigor and going to a system of credentialing for cash.

Posted by Procopius2k 2024-03-03 07:25|| 2024-03-03 07:25|| Front Page Top

#3 Once the "schools" started paying foobaw coaches 7 figures, there's no way the faculty was going to settle for a ratty tweed sport coat salary.

Posted by M. Murcek 2024-03-03 08:05|| 2024-03-03 08:05|| Front Page Top

#4 The true question becomes when have truckers not been smarter?

Posted by Super Hose 2024-03-03 11:20|| 2024-03-03 11:20|| Front Page Top

#5 If all the professors (except STEM) magically disappeared, the world would say "Huh?".
If all the truck drivers disappeared, the world would starve.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2024-03-03 12:53|| 2024-03-03 12:53|| Front Page Top

#6 ^I could go with 90% of STEM profs disappearing.

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-03-03 12:56|| 2024-03-03 12:56|| Front Page Top

#7 Grom, my point was that we NEED STEM. But we don't need Gender Studies, BIPOC Victimization Studes, etc.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2024-03-03 13:03|| 2024-03-03 13:03|| Front Page Top

#8 #7 Yes, but most of them don't make the grade. And they enthusiastically sabotage their betters.

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-03-03 13:24|| 2024-03-03 13:24|| Front Page Top

#9 Something about an old saw: "Those that can't do, teach"!

Posted by NoMoreBS 2024-03-03 14:07|| 2024-03-03 14:07|| Front Page Top

#10 It takes a lot of effort to make yourself that stupid.

Posted by Too Old To Work 2024-03-03 19:15|| 2024-03-03 19:15|| Front Page Top

#11 To be fair, a number of truckers (Independent especially) are rather intelligent people who have a wanderlust or a sense of duty (Transport for disaster relief for example).

Two characteristics sorely lacking in pop access higher education facilities.

Hellmon, just handling regulations and performing Land Nav, piloting and maintenance, especially in foul conditions, eliminates most people.

Posted by swksvolFF 2024-03-03 20:29|| 2024-03-03 20:29|| Front Page Top

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