Yes, what you suggest does reflect my experience with the modern version of
universities. I attended a presentation once at Virginia Tech where a
fellow from the President's office referred to universities as zombie
institutions.

Recently, I found Haskins "The Rise of Universities" which provides another
perspective from medieval times and perhaps one that is desperately needed
again.

https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__books.google.com_books_about_The-5FRise-5Fof-5FUniversities.html-3Fid-3DRYMnAAAAMAAJ-26printsec-3Dfrontcover-26source-3Dkp-5Fread-5Fbutton&d=DwIFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=0rKy0chiPEJGqy-KoVMnSndbx9g-7VSkZrY0QLHTqxY&s=0EpIOjNkcPFx6U-VVZ97cTZUPAJTtgGV_3ywtSLXcio&e= 

Best regards,
Peter

Peter Sforza
Director, Center for Geospatial Information Technology
Virginia Tech

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> Jaime be onto sumpin’ here.
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> This might be a bit left-field, but I'm curious to hear all your thoughts:
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> 1. Academia was created to institutionalize truth seeking.
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> 2. If academics are all motivated for money, status, tenure, prestige,
> their families, and not a direct passion for truth....how can Academia
> fullfill it's purpose? Don't the incentives put a cap on how far the
> academy can progress into the horizon of mystery?
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> In my experience, talking with academics who haven't learned humility is
> often  stressful.... Anything they don't understand immediately must be
> pounced on like an opportunity to best the other, which suggest a fear of
> being bested underneath. And that fear of being wrong is the first thing to
> be removed if you seek truth!
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