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Professors are on average much more progressive and liberal than the average person and have a high amount of comfort and consequent belief privilege, so no I w
by queuebert 3y ago
Professors are on average much more progressive and liberal than the average person and have a high amount of comfort and consequent belief privilege, so no I wouldn't say they're regular people. (Source: I'm a professor.)
- sangnoir 3y agoIIRC, there is a strong correlation with higher education (rather than the job itself) - it's just that most professors have PhDs.
- dantheman 3y agoIt's not so much level of education but lack of real world experience. PhDs in industry or outside of the Academy are very different.
- sangnoir 3y ago> PhDs in industry or outside of the Academy are very different. ...but they all skew more liberal than those who have master's degrees, who in skew more liberal than those with honors degrees - and so forth until you get to those who are barely educated. This trend persists even when the individuals involved are not in academia.