I generally think of the term in-line with the 'modern usage' definition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivory_tower …
This brings me back to using "Ivory tower" to mean academic life. I disagree with this phrase. I think it's not representative of our work.
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All I know is personally, I was most certainly ivory towered until
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And I know I am not. And neither is my partner.

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I think perhaps other scientists aren't too. I am not going to speak for everybody. But to me ivory tower is anti-intellectualism.

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The phrase is typical of anti-expert agenda of the right wing. Especially seen during brexit propaganda, climate denial, etc.
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That's fair, but also worth considering the venue of the talk and the target audience, was presented at a research conference to academics
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But you also tweeted it?
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I shared it as a talk presented at a conference, and all of the slides are there to be viewed--not just the title slide
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It can be viewed as an acceptance that academics are in an ivory tower. But you perhaps think we are. So I guess that's our disagreement?
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