I was invited by the governor in my state to sit on a committee overseeing all of higher education in the state. When I saw who else was on the committee, people from all kinds of nonsensical backgrounds like Women's Studies and Hispanic Studies and Black Studies and Gender Studies and Diversity Studies, I declined. I turned the governor…
I was invited by the governor in my state to sit on a committee overseeing all of higher education in the state. When I saw who else was on the committee, people from all kinds of nonsensical backgrounds like Women's Studies and Hispanic Studies and Black Studies and Gender Studies and Diversity Studies, I declined. I turned the governor's office down more than 10 times, actually. They wanted to clean up education, but of course everyone else on the committee wanted to make education in the state worse. If I disagreed with any of them, I would have been tarred and feathered. Without any power to enact reform, I would be wasting my time and putting my life and safety at risk. I am glad I turned this opportunity down.
Yes, but you have to understand that politicians and the general public are somewhat dazzled by the nonsense spewed by these characters, and the general illusion of "learning" and expertise. As a scientist, I know they are fools and frauds. But if I have no power, then there is nothing I can do.
I have turned down faculty positions for the same reason at a variety of institutions. The institution is floundering, or the department is in sharp decline. They want to bring someone new in to "clean things up". However, as a junior person, subject to all the wiles and demands of assorted idiots in power, this will never happen.
They are positively shocked when I do not accept their offers. But, a lot of these situations will be disastrous, in all likelihood. I have friends with faculty positions at a variety of institutions, and being a faculty member in the current climate is often pretty much akin to a nightmare. And so, in fields where someone with a solid background has options, it becomes increasingly difficult to get someone to accept a position.
"Yes, but you have to understand that politicians and the general public are somewhat dazzled by the nonsense spewed by these characters, and the general illusion of "learning" and expertise."
I think the days of the general public being dazzled by a CV are going away. Politicians can, IF that person holds The Correct position (ie one they hold).
Yes, possibly. For example, I know that climate "experts" and virology "experts" and gender "experts" and DEI "experts" and the like have had very large and negative impacts on the public's impression of "experts".
"Fortunately, we can learn to manage complex systems. There are people who have studied how to do it and know how to do it. But it does take humility, and with that, something very important, the ability to admit that we’re wrong and to change course.
If you manage a complex system, you will frequently, if not always, be wrong. You have to backtrack. You have to acknowledge error. You probably learned that with your children, or if you don’t have children, with your bosses.
And one other thing. We have to not be afraid. Fear may produce a television audience, it may generate cash for an advocacy group, but fear paralyzes us. It freezes us. And we really need to put that behind us as we move into a new era of managing complexity, because, look."
These fear-inducing situations are being dishonestly exploited and manipulated to destroy our civilization and our system of government and our freedoms.
On the plus side, the masks are now off. We know what the progressive project is, we know what the globalist project is, we know what "The Great Reset" is, we know what the "New World Order" is, we know what the goals are and what these elite elements have planned for us. This sounds like a conspiracy theory of course, but too much of it has now been confirmed to leave much doubt. This is a horrendous as Islamism and Global Communism and Fascism and similar ideologies.
I never thought I would see anything like this in my life. It is astounding and terrifying. But, we have to meet the threat and be stalwart and strong.
Fear (like sex) Sells. We are hardwired for fear. A story I heard a while ago. Our 1st ancestors needed to know 2 things. 1. Where the bushes that had the good berry's were, 2. Where The Lions were. Now if you didn't know where the bushes were you would not eat today BUT if you didn't know where the lions were, you could die.
"This is a horrendous as Islamism and Global Communism and Fascism and similar ideologies."
Actually there's not That Much Difference between them when you get right down to it. IF The American Revolution really was something different (self rule & limited government), those 3 could be seen as The Counter-Revolution. They promise Paradise on earth, The American Revolution promised, a chance, ya got a shot. What is interesting is millions of people are not trying to get into countries where Islamism and Global Communism and Fascism rule/dominate. Pakistan has many many problems. Illegal immigration Ain't one of them.
I was invited by the governor in my state to sit on a committee overseeing all of higher education in the state. When I saw who else was on the committee, people from all kinds of nonsensical backgrounds like Women's Studies and Hispanic Studies and Black Studies and Gender Studies and Diversity Studies, I declined. I turned the governor's office down more than 10 times, actually. They wanted to clean up education, but of course everyone else on the committee wanted to make education in the state worse. If I disagreed with any of them, I would have been tarred and feathered. Without any power to enact reform, I would be wasting my time and putting my life and safety at risk. I am glad I turned this opportunity down.
I'm thinking if they really wanted to clean up education, they would not have had those kind of people on the board.
Yes, but you have to understand that politicians and the general public are somewhat dazzled by the nonsense spewed by these characters, and the general illusion of "learning" and expertise. As a scientist, I know they are fools and frauds. But if I have no power, then there is nothing I can do.
I have turned down faculty positions for the same reason at a variety of institutions. The institution is floundering, or the department is in sharp decline. They want to bring someone new in to "clean things up". However, as a junior person, subject to all the wiles and demands of assorted idiots in power, this will never happen.
They are positively shocked when I do not accept their offers. But, a lot of these situations will be disastrous, in all likelihood. I have friends with faculty positions at a variety of institutions, and being a faculty member in the current climate is often pretty much akin to a nightmare. And so, in fields where someone with a solid background has options, it becomes increasingly difficult to get someone to accept a position.
"Yes, but you have to understand that politicians and the general public are somewhat dazzled by the nonsense spewed by these characters, and the general illusion of "learning" and expertise."
I think the days of the general public being dazzled by a CV are going away. Politicians can, IF that person holds The Correct position (ie one they hold).
Yes, possibly. For example, I know that climate "experts" and virology "experts" and gender "experts" and DEI "experts" and the like have had very large and negative impacts on the public's impression of "experts".
Michael Crichton Warned about this in 05
https://www.independent.org/events/transcript.asp?id=111#2
"Fortunately, we can learn to manage complex systems. There are people who have studied how to do it and know how to do it. But it does take humility, and with that, something very important, the ability to admit that we’re wrong and to change course.
If you manage a complex system, you will frequently, if not always, be wrong. You have to backtrack. You have to acknowledge error. You probably learned that with your children, or if you don’t have children, with your bosses.
And one other thing. We have to not be afraid. Fear may produce a television audience, it may generate cash for an advocacy group, but fear paralyzes us. It freezes us. And we really need to put that behind us as we move into a new era of managing complexity, because, look."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vh4dIkEyfd0
5:45
He's talking bout Climate Change but it applies to so many areas.
Look at Covid. To listen to the news you would think this was the Black Death.
These fear-inducing situations are being dishonestly exploited and manipulated to destroy our civilization and our system of government and our freedoms.
On the plus side, the masks are now off. We know what the progressive project is, we know what the globalist project is, we know what "The Great Reset" is, we know what the "New World Order" is, we know what the goals are and what these elite elements have planned for us. This sounds like a conspiracy theory of course, but too much of it has now been confirmed to leave much doubt. This is a horrendous as Islamism and Global Communism and Fascism and similar ideologies.
I never thought I would see anything like this in my life. It is astounding and terrifying. But, we have to meet the threat and be stalwart and strong.
Fear (like sex) Sells. We are hardwired for fear. A story I heard a while ago. Our 1st ancestors needed to know 2 things. 1. Where the bushes that had the good berry's were, 2. Where The Lions were. Now if you didn't know where the bushes were you would not eat today BUT if you didn't know where the lions were, you could die.
"This is a horrendous as Islamism and Global Communism and Fascism and similar ideologies."
Actually there's not That Much Difference between them when you get right down to it. IF The American Revolution really was something different (self rule & limited government), those 3 could be seen as The Counter-Revolution. They promise Paradise on earth, The American Revolution promised, a chance, ya got a shot. What is interesting is millions of people are not trying to get into countries where Islamism and Global Communism and Fascism rule/dominate. Pakistan has many many problems. Illegal immigration Ain't one of them.