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 On Sat, Nov 14, 2020, 12:01 PM Michael Mascolo <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > *CAUTION: *This email originated from outside of JMU. Do not click links > or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is > safe. > ------------------------------ > Jaime be onto sumpin’ here. > > M. > > On Nov 14, 2020, at 11:45 AM, Jamie D <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > *CAUTION: *This email originated from outside of JMU. Do not click links > or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is > safe. > ------------------------------ > This might be a bit left-field, but I'm curious to hear all your thoughts: > > 1. Academia was created to institutionalize truth seeking. > > 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? > > 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! > > Jamie > > > > > > > > > -- > -Jamie > ############################ > > To unsubscribe from the TOK-SOCIETY-L list: write to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] or click the > following link: > http://listserv.jmu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=TOK-SOCIETY-L&A=1 > > > ############################ > > To unsubscribe from the TOK-SOCIETY-L list: write to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] or click the > following link: > http://listserv.jmu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=TOK-SOCIETY-L&A=1 > ############################ To unsubscribe from the TOK-SOCIETY-L list: write to: mailto:[log in to unmask] or click the following link: http://listserv.jmu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=TOK-SOCIETY-L&A=1