Is there a reason you're asking the group what I think rather than asking me what I think directly?
Why Trump's Supporters Hate George Soros
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Is there a reason you're asking the group what I think rather than asking me what I think directly?
I assumed - may be wrongly - that you have been discussing extensively with posters here.
If that is not the case :
* why do you want to get rid of academics ?
* do you have any idea of how things work and why academics are key for a society/country to be ahead ????????
If that is not the case :
* why do you want to get rid of academics ?
* do you have any idea of how things work and why academics are key for a society/country to be ahead ????????
Perhaps I should clarify. I don't want to get rid of academics from the face of the planet. I want them out of direct public policy creation. An academic can, should be consulted on policy. But we've got nothing but academics making policy. Look at the Federal Reserve - chock full of "economists" that have never held any real world business positions. And the ones that do come right out of the companies the regulatory agencies are meant to police. No conflict there.
So many "subject matter experts" have no real world application at all. Like Piezoe.
In this case, shouldn't politicians be asked why they are making Policy choices among all the policies that come from academics, think tanks, consultancies and lobbiest and who knows who else?
Why put the blame solely on academics????
Why put the blame solely on academics????
Politicians are certainly to blame. But the academics have the arrogance to think they are all-knowing, when they are a large part of the problem. They crown out alternative viewpoints, scoff at everything other than their "group-think" as conspiracy based, and go on making errors while the world pays the price.
academics: they are all-knowing, but do they all agree on whatever they work on?
If academics have different opinions on a Policy, then who is choosing which Policy to put in practice?
If academics have different opinions on a Policy, then who is choosing which Policy to put in practice?
That's just it. Academia has gotten so much about group think that anyone who presents a different process, thought or questions the status quo is immediately and totally ostracized/discredited.
So first you're against academics and then you're against those with direct experience. No contradiction there. Looks like Trump voters decided they wanted a real estate blusterer to dictate government and economic policy. Home run!