Debra Soh has written a powerful editorial condemning the new breed of Faux Academics who have infested universities & colleges:
A new academic journal, titled The Journal of Controversial Ideas, launching in the new year, will be peer-reviewed and offer a diverse range of viewpoints, calling upon liberals, conservatives, as well as those who are religious and secular, to submit their work. Most notably, it will allow academics to publish under pseudonyms.
Much of the response to this journal has been criticism alleging that only academics with hateful ideas would require the option to publish under a pseudonym. In truth, facts today are deemed controversial if they deviate from accepted narratives, and professors must self-censor out of fear of being condemned and losing their jobs.
Based on conversations I’ve had with colleagues still working in academia and from what I can tell about recent cases of censorship, the antagonism is primarily from left-leaning colleagues attacking other liberals. The problem has been increasing and was the reason I chose to leave the field of sex research.
With the exception of the hard sciences (like biology, physics, chemistry, etc), I have a theory that all the things that needed to be learned in all the social science subjects (like economics, political science, etc) has been learned. So, in order for the followers of the social sciences to “break new ground”–they just make stuff up now to get their doctorates.
It has. It’s all in the Bible.
The good Lord told Moses what needed doing with adulteresses and perverts. Pretty much all the world’s problems stem from the refusal of chief magistrates to rid the world of adultery and sodomy. There’s a reason there are no women or homosexuals in heaven.
There. Where’s my PhD in sex research?
As usual, the media/political cartel is way behind those that are interested in the affairs of men.
People here at SDA knew and debated this a number of times in the past.
Of course the difference is that they have the mouthpiece and some do commit willful act of journalism.
This comment was erroneously posted in the Settled Science post.
Social justice warriors are modern day morality police. Wokeness, a psuedo-religion, functions like the medieval Catholic Church. All science and scientists – STEM and liberal arts- must be filtered through their religious code of conduct or risk being censored and excommunicated. All knowledge must serve the common good…as defined by progressives in the church of wokeness.
So, like the medieval era, real science and knowledge will be conducted in underground networks for self-protection and heretical ideas will be published in anonymous journals. Scientific discussions and breakthroughs that build on those forbidden, heretical ideas will happen in places with more academic freedom, just like it moved north after southern Europe became too dangerous for non-conformists and free thinkers.
Pity that our woke moral and intellectual superiors on the left have such a poor grasp of science, religion and history because they’ve become what they used to hate – self-righteous, authoritarian assholes who suppress “problematic” research because it conflicts with their ideology and dogma.
It will be problematic for those publishing under pseudonyms to claim their publications on the old CV unless they out themselves. But, who cares, and who reads their tripe?
More than “problematic” Stevie. Publish or parish…. as they say. There is no point to publish under a pseudonym as they will get no recognition and hence no advancement or grant.
They read each other’s tripe. Kind of like a circle jerk.
excerpt from the excerpt ;
” … criticism alleging that only academics with hateful ideas would require the option to publish under a pseudonym…. ”
how ironic
The left will send Antifa to beat them up if they reveal who they are
of course if the left considers non liberal opinions ” hateful” there is a need to remain anonymous
Leftists are so stupid it boggles the mind
Sex research is an academic discipline? That is an issue in itself.
Sex research is an academic discipline?
“Sex research”….. so that’s what they call canoodling between certain grad students and their supervisors.
Interesting who will publish there. People tend to publish in journals so they get another line on their CVs. Publishing under a pseudonym sort of beats the point. Also, editors and referees for the journal are going to catch a lot of flak from the academic NPCs. Unless the controversial ideas are simply a codename for jihad, or castration of white males. Then no pseudonym will be needed.
Debar Soh’s opinion column has received a lot negative criticism in the G&M’s “comments” section, from professors. It seems the academic like to protect their own turf. Good essay by Soh, btw.
It seems the academic like to protect their own turf.
When I started grad studies nearly 40 years ago, few students, if any, complained about the system. It was an unwritten rule that one gritted one’s teeth and put up with whatever happened as one’s future prospects might depend upon keeping silent. The academic system was very unforgiving of any criticism from the lower ranks.
That mentality was still prevalent when I was finishing my Ph. D. about 20 years ago.
Though not a publishing example, this is directly related: https://www.foxnews.com/us/christian-student-senator-at-uc-berkeley-harassed-for-abstaining-from-pro-lgbtq-vote
SJWs are try to push this woman out of the university because she refuses to participate in their group think