Ok this thread is nuts but I have a story about my own profession.
A few weeks ago @GlennLoury claimed that economics isnt getting Crazy Woke
Welllllllllllllllllhttps://twitter.com/clairlemon/status/1008528937029210114 …
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My response would have been, "yes, and that’s why. Bullying and disrespect for consent. Good day, Professor.”
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Absolutely! But it's Pretty Shit if you have to see that person in the halls for the next four years And they make funding and hiring decisions and control publication in journals Power of professors over PhD students is immense and they can really fuck students if they want
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And why, pray tell, would any rational person want a PhD in Economics in this degenerate age? I can be a pretty empathetic person, but it’s not logical to pity masochists in consenting relationships.
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my impression of the econ profession is quite different…really high bar for what counts as creepy enough for any action to be taken
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I think that's simultaneously true, actually, which I've been mulling over
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I would likely have smiled with blank face, continued the class & then, when I got home, angrily read all of her papers & those of her advisor & all citing references, & also sought gossip about her "pedigree" (and soft spots), and then compiled a "burn list" of psychologically
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harmful things to say (shredding her work, subtly using terms and constructions she'd connect with her personal failings) & I would then deploy them, within the bounds of acceptable civility, throughout the rest of the semester. *** I was bad at grade optimization in college!
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