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I find myself constantly amazed at academia's ability to pretend that ideas that have been around for centuries are suddenly new and original.
by nazgulnarsil 15y ago
I find myself constantly amazed at academia's ability to pretend that ideas that have been around for centuries are suddenly new and original.
- yardie 15y agoJust because the idea isn't new doesn't mean it shouldn't be scrutinized for reasons. It is entirely possible that class based societies existed for other reasons then what we assume. In this case our assumption turned out to be correct. Now, how do are you going to convince koreans that sleeping under a fan isn't going to kill them?
- nazgulnarsil 15y agoI'm talking about refusing to acknowledge past thinkers on an idea even when the new stuff is parroting old stuff. A prominent example is professor Romer's Ted Talk.
- mtts 15y agoThe "idea" (actually this is the output of a mathematical model, but ok) that stratified societies are both more stable and have a greater tendency to spread out than non-stratified societies has been around for centuries? I guess I missed that. Care to enlighten me?