Luke, if it does "esteem itself above other professions," so what? Many
professions out there tend to have inflated senses of their own
importance. Remember Tom Wolfe's _Bonfire of the Vanities_? The stock
market brokers called themselves "the Masters of the Universe," after
the 1980s cartoon.
The real question is, "Why are the errors in academia common in other
professions so much worse in -it-?"
Jim
jlsmith3@earthlink.net wrote:
> Well, I kinda concluded in the previous e-mail that "academia really
> is not that much different from any other profession or working
> environment," but then go on to suggest that it should not, in
> principle, esteem itself above other working environments.
> The editorial is probably sensationalizing the situation a bit, as
> editorials are known to do. But I would not characterize his
> observations as "ranting," particularly in light of the fact that his
> central premise is elucidated primarily by professors he quotes. luke
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