I am sure that somehow the concept Mike Rowe describes in the TED talk below applies to our righteous minds as well; and to politics. In this post I try to “reason” out what I mean by this. I ask the reader to just go with me here. Read the words I’ve written AND watch the video. … Continue reading →
A politically diverse group of social scientists, natural scientists, humanists, and other scholars who want to improve our academic disciplines and universities. We share a concern about a growing problem: the loss or lack of “viewpoint diversity.” When nearly everyone in a field shares the same political orientation, certain ideas become orthodoxy, dissent is discouraged, and errors can go unchallenged.