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by k5329 10y ago
Oh one other thing: >Faculty in fields like Biology and Physics are also overwhelmingly liberal, but departments generally know nothing about the political views of faculty candidates. One of interesting thing to keep in mind, is that wh
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by k5329 10y ago
> The median US Republican (good proxy for conservatism) does not believe in evolution or climate change- extremely difficult to find a serious faculty candidate who fits that profile, just for starters. Do you not agree with that? The &
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by k5329 10y ago
>Honest question: does this also mean that Earth Science departments should go out of their way to hire climate change denialists, and Biology departments should go out of their way to hire creationists and anti-vaxxers? Absolutely not.
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by k5329 10y ago
> Heterodox Academy's stated mission is to advocate for more conservatives in academia. Heterodox Academy advocates for ideological heterogeneity in departments, which in the context of the academy as it exists today means conservat
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by k5329 10y ago
>I'm talking about conservative politicians - external actors, not internal. Yes, I'm claiming (and evidence supports) that internal actors politicized these disciplines. Do some research into these fields. All of them were pol
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by k5329 10y ago
>Also note that conservative politicians in the U.S. are increasingly applying ideological pressure on academic research Conservatives didn't politicize the academy alone. Studies[0] have shown left-wing professors will openly admit