Comment by immibis

Comment by immibis 3 days ago

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Is this a problem? We expect universities to have a pro-truth, pro-reality, pro-knowledge bias, which are things the Republican party overtly rejects. We could expect that Republicans might not make it to universities as often, or they might not want to attend, or they might cease being Republicans upon learning facts and logic. None of this would be surprising and none of this would necessarily be a problem by itself.

lurk2 3 days ago

> We expect universities to have a pro-truth, pro-reality, pro-knowledge bias, which are things the Republican party overtly rejects.

The people you’re pretending to be harbingers of truth believe that men can get pregnant.

> or they might cease being Republicans upon learning facts and logic.

So why is the bias the strongest in the least rigorous fields (communications, anthropology, music) and weakest is the most rigorous (mathematics, engineering, medicine, physics)?

  • immibis 2 days ago

    Well they can. Some transgender men can get pregnant AFAIK.

    This bias might be strongest in humanities because of self selection - conservatives think those are useless, but can see the utility in engineering - among other reasons.

    • quasopp 2 days ago

      Yes, but that is because they are in fact women. This is obvious, surely.

      • overfeed 2 days ago

        How very brave of you to create this new account just to post something "obvious". I'm guessing it's "obvious" because of cyclic definitions, and deliberate imperviousness to the idea that chromosonal sex, phenotypical sex and gender aren't strictly equivalent.

        • quasopp 2 days ago

          I don't subscribe to the sexist belief system that women and men are defined by collections of cultural stereotypes or as mere identities to be opted into.

          Quite astounding that people sincerely believe this nonsense and end up so proudly expressing stupidity like "men can get pregnant" because of it.

gedy 3 days ago

> We expect universities to have a pro-truth, pro-reality, pro-knowledge bias

And yet they are far from that. Lots of finger-in-ears, "la-la-la-I can't hear you" behaviour from universities in US/west past decade for sure.

  • nobodyandproud 3 days ago

    Speaking of fingers in ears…

    That happens in conservative circles too. But instead of 4 years, Americans like myself are stuck with 40 years of business indoctrination from pro-business and conservative “leadership”.

    The same leadership, by the way, that largely insisted on college degrees in the first place.