the_dunk_tank
It's the dunk tank.
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one of the more demoralizing / disheartening features of my time in academic-adjacent outreach has been witnessing the ubiquitous
among so-called public intellectuals.
also, the public perception of tenure and its actual function within the organization are wildly at odds. tenure does not protect novel ideas or curiosity. tenure is a treat offered to careerist sophists that hit intellectually dubious metrics dreamed up by highly profitable, rent-seeking academic journals and the incurious peers in thrall to them.
there is something so repulsive about the high concentration of individuals with highly specialized training in conducting an investigation not applying any of those tools to their surroundings. it is such a waste.