Episode 246: Existential Poker-Face (David Foster Wallace's "E Unibus Pluram")
Very Bad Wizards
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What the Fuck Happened to John Hight?
Jonathan Hight posted on his heterodox blog, an article entitled the two fiduciary duties of professors. He said basically like the goal of a professor to students should be to teach them well and to science,. It should be truth, like, or just a dedication to truth. And we can't serve two masters; if you're making me put social justice in my work, then I feel like you're violating the sanctity of my dedication toTruth. You corrupt and subvert the fiduciary's ability to carry out their duty.
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