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Good thread, though the selection effects aren't that strong I think. It's that plus overexposure of the extremists. I suspect the STEM side is mostly centrist still.
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Universities are the lynchpin of the modern American economy. Now, Republicans are going to try to gut them, because they don't understand selection effects: washingtonpost.com/sf/national/20
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I'm too busy laughing at "Universities are the lynchpin of the modern American economy". How about: Keep the top 5 departments in each field, dissolve every other university / department, put 20 year olds on a regiment of Coursera and group housing, watch renaissance unfold.
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It seems also like the “ideal rate” at which de-bullshitification happens is an open and complex question, which requires more delicacy than the “dissolve” language I’m advocating for. Downward economic pressure seems like best fit, IE, what “Republicans” are proposing here.
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