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There's a subtle insidious effect of professors being childless. Like it or not, for practical intents and purposes, academia serves as arbiter of truth for our
by xamuel 7y ago
There's a subtle insidious effect of professors being childless. Like it or not, for practical intents and purposes, academia serves as arbiter of truth for our society. If most of the professors are childless, they will be subconsciously incentivized to arbitrate truth in ways that are biased accordingly.
- celticmusic 7y agoyes, because the vast majority of our society is run by professors...
- haihaibye 7y agoAlmost all of the ruling class in the USA went through the same few schools. Academia has prestige and its viewpoints diffuse across the rest of society.