Originally posted by Reverend Jones:
Do you really think that learning something makes you incapable of being rational about it? I.e., if I go to university and learn all about topic X, then I am no longer mentally capable of taking a step back from what I was taught, and publishing a rebuttal? (I seem to remember a profession that is actually based on this very intellectual activity, though the name of it escapes me.)
I mean, didn't Jon`C go to university and talk to a bunch of neoliberal economics professors (and / or read their papers), and concluded all on his own that it was a load of crock? And he wasn't even brainwashed beyond the point of no return!
I mean, didn't Jon`C go to university and talk to a bunch of neoliberal economics professors (and / or read their papers), and concluded all on his own that it was a load of crock? And he wasn't even brainwashed beyond the point of no return!
Being indoctrinated at university and having to unlearn what you've learned is definitely a thing.