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"I find most of them rather endearing in their clueless approach to things."
The above is very similar to a statement an ex lover and friend (now
also ex) sent me. That ad hominem was the straw. Lakoff * has an
explanation for why their (cluless faculty) approach works and is,
therefore, not cluless. An example: [Remember, a generalization but
largely true.] Republicans let the baby cry; Democrats pick the baby up
and comfort. The latter results in happier people, tho maybe less wealthy.
I won't object if some one among you sets up a list for Physicists'
philosophy and politics.
* e.g. Moral Politics
bc, daughter rarely cried, as we anticipated.
p.s. Why do you think there are so many lefties in academia?
Bob LaMontagne wrote:
If my college decided to eliminate all the "leftist" professors, there would
only be a handful of us remaining. I agree that the imbalance in left and
right leaning politics in the faculty is totally out of control, but I don't
see firing all the liberals as a solution. Actually, I find most of them
rather endearing in their clueless approach to things.
Bob at PC
-----Original Message-----
From: Forum for Physics Educators [mailto:PHYS-L@list1.ucc.nau.edu] On
Behalf Of John Clement
Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 11:29 AM
To: PHYS-L@LISTS.NAU.EDU
Subject: FW: FL stamps out dictator professors
Please excuse the cross reposting. Here is an interesting issue. No=
w if
they voted to stamp out bad teaching we would all be in trouble. Of =
course
they do not consider that leftists could sue the rightist professors,=
or
what about the evolutionists suing the creationist professors.
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