I SPENT YEARS THINKING FIRE CO-FOUNDER ALAN KORS WAS TOO PESSIMISTIC ABOUT ACADEMIA, BUT HE WAS RIGHT ABOUT FAR MORE THAN I’D LIKE TO ADMIT, INCLUDING HOW POLITICAL ORTHODOXY CAN CROWD OUT THE SEARCH FOR TRUTH. In Part 2 of Breaking the Academic Filibuster, I examine how what I call “Political Cooties” allows universities to dismiss serious arguments based on perceived politics rather than their merits.
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