Wait. Book-devouring, ideas-discussing students? Where the hell are these creatures, and where were they when I attended undergrad!? All I've ever seen was job-seeking, exam-studying things.

Also, doesn't the constant talk of debate and free exchange of ideas rather presuppose a form of antirealism about everything under the sun? After all, we don't talk about a free exchange of ideas on the laws of motion. You can be accurate or incorrect about those.