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This is quite literally the appeal to tradition or inertia fallacy. Just because they've been around for a while does not mean they are not facing an existentia

This is quite literally the appeal to tradition or inertia fallacy. Just because they've been around for a while does not mean they are not facing an existential threat. Every structure humans create will one day collapse. This certainly looks difficult for Harvard and could be their end because there is no divine protection, only the decision that will be made by an extremely conservative Supreme Court and the willingness of authoritarian minded government employees in the trump admin to listen to the courts.

kurtis_reed 1y ago
Things that have been around for a long time are the ones most likely to continue to exist, it's not a fallacy.
- shnock 1y ago
  They are not, that is expectation of future performance based upon past. Reality is too complex and dynamic for that.
  - rsanek 1y ago
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_effect https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_effect
  - NoPicklez 1y ago
    Reality is complex and dynamic, and through all of that Harvard's endurance pre-dates the US, therefore I would expect it to endure a 4 year term of Government. Not to say with a 100% certainty, but I would expect it to with a greater degree of confidence than many other things, based on its history. However I wouldn't extend that line of thinking to stock markets, superannuation etc.
- albrewer 1y ago
  I worked for a foundry that had been at the same location for 120 years. GE ran it into the ground and closed it 2 years after acquiring it.
- mizzao 1y ago
  Lehman Brothers
nextos 1y ago
Appeal to tradition is reasonable in this context because of the Lindy effect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_effect. The longer something has been around, the more likely it's going to be around in the future.
alephnerd 1y ago
Tsinghua survived the Cultural Revolution. DU survived the Emergency. Cal survived Nixon. Harvard will survive this That said, I personally believe Harvard's public reputation is significantly overstated - Stanford has become the new Harvard for at least 2 decades now.

kurtis_reed 1y ago

Things that have been around for a long time are the ones most likely to continue to exist, it's not a fallacy.

shnock 1y ago
They are not, that is expectation of future performance based upon past. Reality is too complex and dynamic for that.
- rsanek 1y ago
  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_effect https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_effect
- NoPicklez 1y ago
  Reality is complex and dynamic, and through all of that Harvard's endurance pre-dates the US, therefore I would expect it to endure a 4 year term of Government. Not to say with a 100% certainty, but I would expect it to with a greater degree of confidence than many other things, based on its history. However I wouldn't extend that line of thinking to stock markets, superannuation etc.
albrewer 1y ago
I worked for a foundry that had been at the same location for 120 years. GE ran it into the ground and closed it 2 years after acquiring it.
mizzao 1y ago
Lehman Brothers

nextos 1y ago

Appeal to tradition is reasonable in this context because of the Lindy effect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_effect. The longer something has been around, the more likely it's going to be around in the future.

alephnerd 1y ago

Tsinghua survived the Cultural Revolution. DU survived the Emergency. Cal survived Nixon. Harvard will survive this That said, I personally believe Harvard's public reputation is significantly overstated - Stanford has become the new Harvard for at least 2 decades now.