Jonathan Haidt: "Social Psychology in an Age of Social Fragmentation"
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
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How Does That Affect Your Teaching, John?
In a large class, there's sure to be one or two who are offended by something I've said. And now they are empowered to file a complaint. As we know from what just happened at Hamline University, in many cases, if a single student complains, action will be taken because that's what administrators and bureaucrats do. The goal of universities is to expand a liberal education to understand lots of topics. This is doing a disservice to the studentsBecause you may be afraid and consciously or subconsciously to tell the cutting edge science that you've researched and discovered you and many other people. So the education gets watered down in the process, yes? Yeah, that's right. That
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