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University was once akin to "finding one's place in the Universe." Yet it seems like the more the pursuit of profit overlaps the goal of furthering humanity, t
by indiejade 17y ago
University was once akin to "finding one's place in the Universe." Yet it seems like the more the pursuit of profit overlaps the goal of furthering humanity, the more difficult it becomes for people who want to further humanity (science, engineering, etc.) to do so.
- gaius 17y agoI don't know about that, the college I went to to get a degree in Mech Eng had strong ties to industry and did lots of useful research. Most of the professors had consulting gigs on the side; the chap that taught us Thermodynamics & Turbomachinery was doing real jet engine design, the chap that taught us about control systems was also working on real systems for North Sea oil rigs. It's only in the humanities and so-called soft sciences that academia's disappeared up its own backside.