Emily comments on Religion, Mystery, and Warm, Soft Fuzzies - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Emily 19 May 2009 09:30:50PM 1 point [-]

I only wish academia were immune to this sort of nonsense. I actually feel as though I've noticed an increase in my experience of it since coming to university.

Comment author: SoullessAutomaton 19 May 2009 09:35:22PM 1 point [-]

With the isolated environment, there is a certain tendency for academics to... fossilize. If the professor in question was an older man, likely he was a product of his time who changed little since then.

For all the "liberal" reputation the academic world has, in many ways it is remarkably backward-looking, except possibly in cutting-edge science.