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Re:We Can't Wait for Universities to Fix Themselves. So We'r... by user3939382 on Monday November 08, 2021 @08:07AM (#29148863)
From what I’ve passively observed about Bari Weiss, she’s all over the map. I’m also inclined to allow people to be young and change their minds and grow into their real values or beliefs without holding their feet to the fire about anything they’ve ever said.

Even at my most charitable, though, I’m skeptical of anyone talking about pursuing truth. It’s interesting they mention Plato. What I gleaned from The Republic at a young age, and I still believe, is that the nature of truth is tricky, truth is elusive. I’ve seen that pinning down a consensus on truth is practically impossible even when everyone is coming from a position of good faith.

There is definitely a problem with universities, and a big part of our population at large, that abandons free speech and thought.

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Re:We Can't Wait for Universities to Fix Themselves. So We'r... by tomrod on Monday November 08, 2021 @08:52AM (#29149255)
What do you view as the problem of universities?
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Re:We Can't Wait for Universities to Fix Themselves. So We'r... by xboxnolifes on Monday November 08, 2021 @01:10PM (#29152243)
Not the parent, but if I were to spitball an idea, it's that the vast majority of the population of a university is young, and does not have much world experience of their own, or enough peers with such experience in the world. Even if the people leading an idea are actually informed and experienced, the people following them may not be and are only emotionally charged on the idea. And since it's only emotionally charged, they have no way to discuss the idea except with emotions.
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