01-21-2011, 06:09 PM
Quote:couldn’t determine the cause of an increase in neighborhood crime or how best to respond without being swayed by emotional testimony and political spin…
Well, isn't what university is all about? A giant social-alchemy Pavlovian thing trying to condition the dumb masses to react instinctively to catch phrases and bogus rhetoric.
Funded academic research is nothing more that political spin dressing impartial.
Try swimming against the tide and you'll lose your subsidies and tenure...in the worst cases (Irving, etc) you may be financially or personally destroyed...oh, sure, that implies going along with some Cottingley Fairies kind of narrative and bogus explanations, but it's alright.
As the 90yos befuddled conwomen of Cottingley finally admitted, they conned nobody: people just WANTED to believe that garbage...and even hurried to make excuses up for them anytime (often) visible holes popped up in the narrative and related paraphernalia.
A.A Mole University
B.A London Institute of Applied Research
B.Sc Millard Fillmore
M.A International Institute for Advanced Studies
Ph.D London Institute of Applied Research
Ph.D Millard Fillmore
B.A London Institute of Applied Research
B.Sc Millard Fillmore
M.A International Institute for Advanced Studies
Ph.D London Institute of Applied Research
Ph.D Millard Fillmore
