> Are you saying that academia is "not the real world" ? Saying it's "not the real world" is unfairly denigrating, but people have made the argument that acade

> Are you saying that academia is "not the real world" ? Saying it's "not the real world" is unfairly denigrating, but people have made the argument that academia is it's own bubble with different rules to the world of private enterprise. Challenging existing ideas is a core tenet of higher education, but that can cause blowback in the private sphere. The existence of tenure, and sidelining of the profit motive (not quite elimination) also changes things.