tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post2273119093388525270..comments2024-03-26T12:23:29.784-04:00Comments on Philosoraptor: Neo-Lysenkoism: "Tell The Truth About [Welfare] Benefits Claimants And The Left Shuts You Down"Winston Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-27561849720908135942016-02-14T10:31:47.059-05:002016-02-14T10:31:47.059-05:00I'm not sure how much I agree with the claim t...I'm not sure how much I agree with the claim that students figure out the biases of their professors... I mean...I think it happens a fair bit--students have said almost exactly those words to me when I ask them about this. <br /><br />But I worry about (a) the fact that so few profs acknowledge the problem of bias and (b) the fact that, when they do, "students figure it out" is Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-23828583246704625002016-02-14T09:59:51.366-05:002016-02-14T09:59:51.366-05:00Oh, and I agree, my 'of course it is' woul...Oh, and I agree, my 'of course it is' would be denied by most (or "...whoooooole lotta...") of my colleagues outwardly.Aahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00045786882607525394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-35322462620954817102016-02-14T09:58:18.975-05:002016-02-14T09:58:18.975-05:00We should give students a bit more credit than tha...We should give students a bit more credit than that. I think they clue in very quickly about the bias of their professors. I do not talk about politics in my classes. However, when discussing the scientific method Evolution is front and center along with Atomic Theory as a scientific theory (and what theory means). When we discuss stoichiometry (how reactants and products relate to one another Aahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00045786882607525394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-63148334786549445822016-02-13T19:31:07.228-05:002016-02-13T19:31:07.228-05:00Yeah, but I never doubted that B-schools were cons...Yeah, but I never doubted that B-schools were conservative...and I guess I thought that they were unabashedly so...<br /><br />It seems a lot worse to me that basically the vast majority of all other departments are biased...and typically deny it. I mean, your "of course there is" would be denied by a whoooooole lotta non-B-school faculty. You expect business to lean to the right...but Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-48327921780868087402016-02-13T16:55:51.607-05:002016-02-13T16:55:51.607-05:00Of course there is and it tends to drive my conser...Of course there is and it tends to drive my conservative colleagues (of whom there are many) a bit crazy. However, in my experience Business Colleges within universities tend to have a rightward bias. Aahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00045786882607525394noreply@blogger.com