Scientist Dorian Abbot disinvited form lecture at MIT because of previously posted views on affirmative action. ( Which, I believe, was not to be the subject of the lecture.)
Statement from one of his ( female ) critics: "This idea of intellectual debate and rigor as the pinnacle of intellectualism comes from a world in which white men dominated."
Pardon me, but wtf?
intellectual debate + rigor = pinnacle of intellectualism
Seems fairly straightforward to me, no matter the "world" from which it came.
One may argue the relative merits of intellectualism vs less highfalutin means of decision making and problem solving, but if you remove either of the elements to the left of the equal sign in that equation, one ends up with....The Claremont Institute.
Re: Cancel Culture on campus...
Scientist Dorian Abbot disinvited form lecture at MIT because of previously posted views on affirmative action. ( Which, I believe, was not to be the subject of the lecture.)
Statement from one of his ( female ) critics: "This idea of intellectual debate and rigor as the pinnacle of intellectualism comes from a world in which white men dominated."
Pardon me, but wtf?
intellectual debate + rigor = pinnacle of intellectualism
Seems fairly straightforward to me, no matter the "world" from which it came.
One may argue the relative merits of intellectualism vs less highfalutin means of decision making and problem solving, but if you remove either of the elements to the left of the equal sign in that equation, one ends up with....The Claremont Institute.