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The Anti-Intellectual Northern Michigan University

Bryan Caplan · 21 Oct 2025 · betonit.ai ↗

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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.

    Their wordsIf 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?
    Interesting