I disagree. The scientific response to the covid pandemic has been amazing. A year ago nothing was known about this virus and within a year vaccines are being distributed. That is a very remarkable development, far quicker than the development of vaccines for other diseases. In many ways it rivals the speed with which the Manhattan project developed the atomic bomb.
I suspect the reason you and Philip call universities autocracies is because they tend to fail out people like you. My contact with what Philip presents as science informs me he is completely delusional. Universities, and by extension editors of scientific journals are gatekeepers. The process is meant to provide tests for the scientific or intellectual adequacy of publications. This does not guarantee what is published is correct, but that is later decided by others who try to repeat experiments or work on reported developments. If these do not lead to further results the scientific claim becomes a dead end. Universities provide tests students must pass to earn degrees, and further on requirements to hold chairs at a department. It is not always fair, and a very competent scientists who spends a year working down a blind ally may find that even if they abandon that and admit error that they are completely out of the game. However, it keeps people who are completely incompetent out. LC On Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at 2:45:25 AM UTC-6 [email protected] wrote: > Yeah Phillip, you cited real world examples of academic autocracy, and > that autocracy is on the public dime, via student loans. STEM is absolutely > necessary for human survival, yet, the ability to think clearly is not to > be undervalued, when even the claims by scientists go awry and get the > human species nowhere. Science expertise did badly with Covid, with > attaining fusion, have up till now been slow with getting medical > achievements, etc. I can sum it up with saying, nice smart phones aren't > just compensation for not beating diseases. Trillions have been spent over > say, 40 years of basic research, so I ask cynically, where's out gear? I > will still read science news every day, because, Compulsion. > ------------------------------ > On Monday, January 18, 2021 Philip Benjamin <[email protected]> > wrote: > > [email protected] *Subject:* RE: Q Anon is the tip of the > iceberg > > > > *From:* spudboy100 via Everything List <[email protected]> > Sunday, January 17, 2021 1:23 AM [email protected] > *Cc:* [email protected] *Subject:* RE: Q Anon is the tip of the > iceberg > > *[Philip Benjamin]* > > I agree with the post that “Universities are the autocratic kings of > censorship and repression”. I have given only seven instances among > thousands!! Alost everyday they are EXPELLING or ostracizing somebody who > happened to be truthful but have findings in disagreement with their > “fixations”. Fanatic fixations to intangible un-evidential ideas and > ideologies cause zealotry and bigotry. This is a psychological disorder > that may eventually lead to personality disorder. In the Augustinian > Western context, especially in the backdrop of the American “Two Great > Awakenings” it is a very complex pagan [*Pan-Gaia-n = earthling*] > manifestation of un-awakened, kundalini/reptilian consciousness. The one > and ONLY remedy for that malady is an Augustinian Awakening in the academia > and the media ( > https://www.midwestaugustinians.org/conversion-of-st-augustine). Those > who have witnessed “spirit possessions” first hand attest that many of the > body-languages (especially the quizzical eye movements) of the members of > the Western Acade-Media Pagans (WAMP) correspond fully with symptoms of > “spirit possessions”!!!!! It has become a common cultural pattern. Too > bad. Too sad. > > *Evidentialist* > > *Philip Benjamin CC. Rep. > Liz Cheney * > > > > Universities are the autocratic kings of censorship and repression. It is > no mistake that the most tyrannical of presidents Wilson and Obama arrived > from the realm of professorship. I would add FDR and his internment camps, > but he did free more peeps, than he imprisoned to say the least, so good on > him. > > So what to do? My part is easy! Wait for errors on the side of the ruling > class, that affects the middle class, and when enough uncorrected problems > pile up, people, naturally will react. Repression from social media and the > banks will be one thing that initiates a back-reaction (right outta optical > physics). > > If the Dems do well with economic recovery, then it will be sunny skies > for them. Once Kamala gets in gear, we will see what her leadership takes > us? > > On Saturday, January 16, 2021 Philip Benjamin <[email protected]> > wrote: > > [John K Clark] > > “No universities are doing any censoring either and for exactly the same > reason, although I do think threatening to expel students for what they say > is a very unproductive thing to do” > > [Philip Benjamin] > > There are hundreds if not thousands of instances to the contrary. Some > are listed below. That is why I call these Universities WAMP—Western > Acade-Media Pagan(ism). > > 1. https://www.thefire.org/10-worst-colleges-for-free-speech-2020/ > > 2. > https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2014/07/24/scientist-alleges-csun-fired-him-for-discovery-of-soft-tissue-on-dinosaur-fossil/ > > LOS > > ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Attorneys for a California State University, > Northridge scientist who was terminated from his job after discovering soft > tissue on a triceratops fossil have filed a lawsuit against the university. > > 3. https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/19/us/19kentucky.html > > Astronomer Sues the University of Kentucky, Claiming His Faith Cost > Him a Job > > 4. > https://www.christianpost.com/news/professor-fired-after-speech-opposing-puberty-blocking-drugs-sues-university.html > > A Psychiatry Professor fired after speech opposing puberty-blocking > drugs sues university > > 5. > https://mynewsla.com/crime/2021/01/11/chapman-professor-who-supports-trump-resists-calls-for-ouster/ > > A Chapman University law professor who has come under fire for his > election fraud claims and participation in a rally led by President Donald > Trump just before the insurrection at the Capitol fought back Monday > against critics who are calling for his ouster from the university > > 6. http://www.theevolutioncrisis.org.uk/testimony5.php > > 7. > https://www.amazon.com/Expelled-Intelligence-Allowed-Ben-Stein/dp/B001BYLFFS > > Big science has expelled smart new ideas from the classroom ... > What they forgot is that every generation has its Rebel! That rebel, Ben > Stein (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off) travels the world on his quest, and learns > an awe-inspiring truth … that educators and scientists are being ridiculed, > denied tenure and even fired – for the crime of merely believing that there > might be evidence of design in nature, and that perhaps life is not just > the result of accidental, random chance. To which Ben Says: Enough! And > then gets busy. 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