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If academic arguments can be dismissed for reaching politically unwelcome conclusions, there is no point in having academic arguments about politically charged subjects at all.

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  1. Bryan Caplan

    Professor of economics at George Mason University and…

    If human beings can dismiss academic arguments merely because they lead to politically unwelcome conclusions, what’s the point of having academic arguments about politically-charged subjects?

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    ↗The Anti-Intellectual Northern Michigan Universitybetonit.ai

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