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Comment author: hairyfigment 14 July 2014 09:30:27PM -1 points [-]

academics are supposed to raise the status of their institution...He teaches at an elite university so it's highly probably he greatly values social justice.

Comment author: James_Miller 14 July 2014 10:01:51PM -1 points [-]

Are you implying that there is a contradiction in what you quoted? If so, I don't see it.

Comment author: hairyfigment 15 July 2014 01:57:08AM -2 points [-]

There may indeed be a contradiction, but the real question - if we grant the first part - is what do you know and how do you know it? This seems to me like a really obvious point.

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