I very much appreciate the section: The Dangers of Thinking Like a Philosopher. I was a philosophy major and then graduate school student, and if it weren't for

I very much appreciate the section: The Dangers of Thinking Like a Philosopher. I was a philosophy major and then graduate school student, and if it weren't for the financial crisis in 2008, i would likely have attempted some career in academia. After finishing graduate school, i found myself constantly sort of being referred to as awkward, out of touch, unpleasant person, because i was used to the university discourse of the philosophy department. A place where playing devil's advocate is required, not frowned upon. I thought people cared about the correctness of their ideas. I eventually had to unlearn, or re-learn how to talk to people. I now deeply value my friends who want to engage in good-faith discussions in which "controversial" ideas (often just genuine curiosity) are allowed, and you're not seen as some sort of persona non grata for entertaining them. The true persona non grata, from my perspective, is entertaining these wrongthink ideas as a means to justify them, rather than good-faith explore them. Now, as a way to avoid responding to certain people talking about certain subjects, i'll just say some subject should stay inside the walls of academia.