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How the hell does no one talk about this? (feddit.org)

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Taylor & Francis and Wiley sold out their researchers in bulk, this should be a crime.

Researchers need to be able to consent or refuse to consent and science need to be respected more than that.

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[–] finitebanjo 49 points 2 months ago (2 children)

"How is nobody talking about this?"

The average person has the science literacy at or below a fifth grader, and places academic study precedence below that of a story about a wish granting sky fairy who made earth in his basement as a hobby with zero lighting (obviously, as light hadn't been invented at that point).

[–] kalkulat 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

A musician friend of mine, when asked "Why are there no Mozarts or Beethovens any more?" replies "We went through your schools."

[–] finitebanjo 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Is this an anti-education comment or...?

[–] kalkulat 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Quite the contrary! The idea is that today's curricula and methods of instruction have changed a lot over two centuries. Here in the US, it is not uncommon for secondary arts teachers and programs to be dropped whenever schools are feeling a budget crunch. Now we see similar things going on in major universities. Often ones with more administrators than professors.

In the high school I attended, and later in one that I taught in, the separate building for the sports program was as large as the rest of the school. I thought those were fairly clear statements of what the district's priorities were. 'Education' is a very broad word that can mean many things in many places.

[–] finitebanjo 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ah yeah, fuck administration sometimes. Bunch of corporate shills operating the Universities these days, really makes me wonder if we'll have a more open access method to accredited education very soon, if only because of the enshitification of top schools.

[–] kalkulat 2 points 2 months ago

I ran into a very old saying yesterday: A fish rots from the head down.