Tuesday, September 20, 2011

A pen for the smartest

"Sometimes I think academia is a containment pen for the smartest individuals," Ann Althouse says, "so they don't interfere with the efforts of the rest of the people. But if they're so smart, why don't they step out of the pen?"

One of the commenters says they are not so smart, just credentialed. Of course, we know what the "best and the brightest" did to the country in the 1960s.

I spent years in academia. More and more I have become totally disillusioned with the whole experience. I'm not sure I even believe it's worthwhile to go to college any more.

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