philosopher of cognitive science, gamer in academia (brave)
good ol' jerry fodor
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I for one hope that tenure committees all across central Indiana tolerate mediocrity for at least the next three years or so
Putting forward the controversial and edgy view that most philosophy is good and worthwhile, actually
Of course, if the humanities were suddenly replaced by great-books-and-two-genders conservatives, then maybe they'd be spared. But the anti-intellectual right wing project does not care if you are a "scholar-activist" or "just a scholar." They'll hate you just as much either way
"Video has all these problems that text doesn't have" - boring, true I guess, puts me to sleep
"Text has all these problems that just remembering shit doesn't have" - deep, mysterious, platonic?
Suppose one thinks the humanities are too politicized. (I think this, if only bc pretending publishing in journals is activism harms actual activism.) It is nonetheless stupid as hell to believe the counterfactual that, if the humanities were more apolitical, they would be spared right-wing attacks
The US is destroying its own universities, but surely other countries will see this as an opportunity to invest and pick up the slack!
*looks at what other countries are doing to their universities, even under supposedly left-leaning governments*
Jesus christ
The political movement coming for our universities does not just hate lefty activist scholarship, they hate scholarship and intellectual activity of any kind. Pretending that, if we police ourselves better, they would leave us be, is just a complete fantasy
People who are like "We need to leave the house, touch grass, and build community!" forget that a) other people suck, b) it's gonna be like 93 degrees today, c) the house is both air-conditioned and where video games are, and d) video games are really good now
