• flora_explora@beehaw.orgEnglish
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      9 months ago

      Not sure if this would impact academia all that much since those “pompous” scholars are just a tiny minority. I don’t think academia’s problem lies in individuals being problematic anyways but rather on a structural level. Egoistic, shortsighted and competitive behavior is strongly incentivized. And people that don’t fit that mold get burned out pretty quickly. I think opposite to your argument it is rather an indication of how good human nature can be that academia is still working on such a collaborative and communicative basis despite capitalist and neoliberal pressures.

        • flora_explora@beehaw.orgEnglish
          4·
          9 months ago

          Well, that is pretty much US defaultism. I’m not from the US and was talking about academia on an international level.

          Your example again just shows how the structure, i.e. the universities working under capitalist logic, are the problem. This doesn’t mean that academics necessarily agree with this change in politics.

          I get why you have such a fatalistic view and I agree with your statements about the fascist takeover :(

    • jsomae@lemmy.mlEnglish
      81·
      9 months ago

      Sounds like you had a bad experience in academia. Most academics I know are pretty thoughtful.

    • Comment105@lemm.eeEnglish
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      9 months ago

      I’m sure most academic scholars are fully aware of the odorous nature of their excrement.

      What I’m less sure of is how that is connected to both their private relationships and the general betterment of academia as a whole? Would you mind elaborating?

    • MBM@lemmings.worldEnglish
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      9 months ago

      every pompous ass my-shit-don’t-stink scholar

      Are you talking about the kind that wins a Nobel and suddenly believes they’re the expert on everything, or you casting a wider net?