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> It’s political. When will we learn? Since most of academia is liberal, aren't practically all the byproducts of that sphere inherently majorly biased? And no
by taolegal 4y ago
> It’s political. When will we learn?
Since most of academia is liberal, aren't practically all the byproducts of that sphere inherently majorly biased? And no, the Stephen Colbert "reality has a liberal bias" line is a cheap and slimy holier-than-thou cop-out. If we use any of the standards that left-leaning people cleaved to for the entire pandemic and even before, i.e. how society is systemically (evil from) X or Y, how is that the most powerful institutions completely ignore their own flagrant systemic bias?
- rootusrootus 4y ago> Since most of academia is liberal, aren't practically all the byproducts of that sphere inherently majorly biased? This assumes that most people let their ideology drive their science. And also, what is the source of the claim that most of academia is in fact liberal? Any hypothesis why? Liberals ganging up and pushing out conservatives, or voluntary non-participation by conservatives, or what?
- taolegal 4y agoAgain I'm just saying that by the standards of most people at a college campus, student, faculty or otherwise, they love the idea of implicit, systemic bias, etc. > And also, what is the source of the claim that most of academia is in fact liberal? Primary source: my own experience. And any data I've come across. [1]: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/03/02/conservative-faculty-appear-influence-their-students-more-than-liberal-professors-do/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/03/02/conservat...