My son is a PHD Biologist. He was a Patriot. When he got his undergrad and was moving to his masters he told us about the corruption in the grant distribution process. He explained if he went against things like "global warming" (at the time), then he would get no money. We spent several hours discussing everything from the peer reviewed papers and how they create a self-fulfilling prophecy and on and on. NOW, 6 years later, he is part of the system. He has evolved into a full-fledged institutional "scientist", left wing, Orange Man Bad, #getthejab, atheist ass hole. He was a vibrant, intelligent, curious, God fearing Patriot....now he a part of what I fight everyday.
He knows that the nail that sticks up is the nail that gets hammered. He doesn't HONESTLY believe a word of it. But he will fight you to his dying breath defending it. If they flipped tomorrow to staunch conservatives, he, and the rest of academia would be there in the chorus by the following day (or very soon thereafter). It is pure survival mechanism.
My son is a PHD Biologist. He was a Patriot. When he got his undergrad and was moving to his masters he told us about the corruption in the grant distribution process. He explained if he went against things like "global warming" (at the time), then he would get no money. We spent several hours discussing everything from the peer reviewed papers and how they create a self-fulfilling prophecy and on and on. NOW, 6 years later, he is part of the system. He has evolved into a full-fledged institutional "scientist", left wing, Orange Man Bad, #getthejab, atheist ass hole. He was a vibrant, intelligent, curious, God fearing Patriot....now he a part of what I fight everyday.
He knows that the nail that sticks up is the nail that gets hammered. He doesn't HONESTLY believe a word of it. But he will fight you to his dying breath defending it. If they flipped tomorrow to staunch conservatives, he, and the rest of academia would be there in the chorus by the following day (or very soon thereafter). It is pure survival mechanism.